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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1770974" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-flaherty-says-he-feels-better-than-he-has-in-at-least-a-year/article_6923ff02-ad1b-50e2-ad28-b891b596a73d.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty, out all season with a shoulder issue, had his most ambitious pitching session of his comeback on Tuesday. Pitching to Cardinals reserves Lars Nootbaar and Andrew Knizner, Flaherty threw 40 pitches, incorporating his whole arsenal in his two-inning stint, and said he felt better than he had in at least a year.</p><p>Make that a calendar year, in fact. On May 31 Flaherty’s season came tumbling down when he suffered an oblique injury while batting in a game at Los Angeles. He later would hurt his shoulder and, the two stints on the injured list left him with a 9-2 record rather than perhaps double that win total.</p><p>The discomfort in his shoulder continued into the offseason and then into spring training which he actually hasn’t had yet. That part will come in June when he might have to make three or four rehab starts in the minors.</p><p></p><p>For now, Flaherty said, “I feel great. Some of the results (command etc.) aren’t going to be there right away but my stuff came out and I felt healthy. I’m looking forward to face hitters who aren’t our guys.</p><p>“It’s always a weird setting throwing against your guys,” said Flaherty.</p><p>Nonetheless, he took it as a regular-season game to the point of saying a quiet prayer and jumping over the chalk on the foul line. “You try to make it the same as you can,” said Flaherty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1770974, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-flaherty-says-he-feels-better-than-he-has-in-at-least-a-year/article_6923ff02-ad1b-50e2-ad28-b891b596a73d.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty, out all season with a shoulder issue, had his most ambitious pitching session of his comeback on Tuesday. Pitching to Cardinals reserves Lars Nootbaar and Andrew Knizner, Flaherty threw 40 pitches, incorporating his whole arsenal in his two-inning stint, and said he felt better than he had in at least a year. Make that a calendar year, in fact. On May 31 Flaherty’s season came tumbling down when he suffered an oblique injury while batting in a game at Los Angeles. He later would hurt his shoulder and, the two stints on the injured list left him with a 9-2 record rather than perhaps double that win total. The discomfort in his shoulder continued into the offseason and then into spring training which he actually hasn’t had yet. That part will come in June when he might have to make three or four rehab starts in the minors. For now, Flaherty said, “I feel great. Some of the results (command etc.) aren’t going to be there right away but my stuff came out and I felt healthy. I’m looking forward to face hitters who aren’t our guys. “It’s always a weird setting throwing against your guys,” said Flaherty. Nonetheless, he took it as a regular-season game to the point of saying a quiet prayer and jumping over the chalk on the foul line. “You try to make it the same as you can,” said Flaherty. [/QUOTE]
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