JUPITER, Fla. • It took him eight seconds to answer, as the compliments rodeo’d in his head.
“There’s just so much there,” Jack Flaherty said, rounding up his words.
I’d asked Jack why Luke Weaver can be great. If there was anyone to ask, it was Flaherty, forever weaved with Weaver since the two righties were drafted, seven spots apart, in the first round in 2014.
If the Cardinals are to be great, their homegrown pitching must thrive like the Cubs’ store-bought stars. So on “pitchers and catchers eve,” Flaherty finally got his words out.