After Jack Flaherty and Steven Matz combined for nine strikeouts and one hit allowed over six innings in an early March spring training game, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol sat behind his desk in the club’s training complex in Jupiter, Florida, and he discussed the pitching duo and the season ahead.
“That’s what we bet on,” Marmol said. “Right?”
Several high-profile starting pitchers relocated this offseason, and those moves seem poised to have significant postseason implications.