PITTSBURGH -- The largest of a considerable number of questions looming over the Cardinals heads is something of an existential one, its answer not yet required but on the forefront all the same. Moreso than how to best streamline its stop-and-go lineup or rebuild its balky bridge to the ninth, a starting rotation decision weighs most heavily on club officials' minds.
What's a team to do when it has six starters for five spots?
At the crux of this conundrum sits Jack Flaherty, who could ostensibly be the odd man out when Alex Reyes and Carlos Martinez on the mend.