Everyone from the manager to the owner to his new catcher had something to say about Jack Flaherty’s importance to the Cardinals in the coming season. The importance of the coming season to Jack Flaherty became clear when he didn’t say anything at all for seven seconds.
Before answering a question about his future, Flaherty first revisited what he missed this past year because injury kept him from sharing more innings with Yadier Molina in the catcher's final year.