Jack Flaherty receives $15,000,000 offer from NL West team, per sportscaster

Just when we started to think the LA Dodgers had enough of starting pitching, Lee Hacksaw Hamilton claimed that Jack Flaherty is on their radar after The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported that the ace is willing to sign a short-term deal.

That sits fine with the Dodgers who are not looking to sign any long-term commitments, especially when it comes to starting pitchers since they are flushed with them.

Hamilton claimed the offer is a one-year, $15 million deal during his podcast on Tuesday.

"The Dodgers have revisited talks with Jack Flaherty. He is still out there, and supposedly, they’re willing to offer him a one-year, $15 million deal," Hamilton said (4:07 onwards). "They’re not going to give him five years—nobody is—and that’s why he’s still a free agent. They want Flaherty to prove he can stay healthy for a full calendar year because his history has always involved various injuries.

"Again, for the Dodgers, payroll is no object—money is never an issue for them. Flaherty might still be an option, but he is also talking to other teams."

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Another insider claims there's "no room" for Jack Flaherty with Dodgers

The Dodgers are flushed with starting pitchers. They already have Shohei Ohtani returning from injury, Yoshinobu Yamamoto on a 12-year deal, Tyler Glasnow and Snell have five-year deals in place and the up-and-coming pitchers in Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin are also likely to be on the mound.

Moreover, the Dodgers are reportedly high on the trail of international free agent buzz, Roki Sasaki and are aiming to bring back Clayton Kershaw.

USA Today's Bob Nightengale believes there's "no room" for Flaherty with the Dodgers.

“Well, I can’t see Buehler coming back now. Same with Jack Flaherty,” Nightengale told Doug McKain via SI. “Obviously, they could have kept Buehler by giving him a qualifying offer. I think Buehler would have taken it at $21 million. I’m sure they talked and said, ‘Okay, we’ll offer you, you know, say around $15 million,’ and he wasn’t interested.

"You already have seven, eight starters. Particularly, like you said, if you get the young pitcher, Roki Sasaki, from Japan — there’s really no room for him or Flaherty.”

While there's seemingly no room, GM Brandon Gomes and manager Dave Roberts said during the MLB GM winter meetings that they were open to the idea of an unconventional 6-man starting pitching rotation in 2025. If that becomes the case and if some pitchers head to IL, maybe then there's a place for Flaherty to pitch another season in front of his hometown.