Manager Oliver Marmol, who met with Flaherty before Sunday night’s game, said it worked out better for roster reasons and “big picture” purposes to postpone for a few days Flaherty’s exit from the 60-day injured list. Teams can add two players, one of them a pitcher, on Sept. 1, to give them 14 pitchers on a 28-player roster the rest of the season. If Flaherty pitched here on Wednesday, Aug. 31, another pitcher would have to be optioned for 15 days.
“If the question is, ‘Do I want Jack here pitching on Wednesday?’ The answer is yes,’" said Marmol.