Cardinals renew Jack Flaherty, penalize him again for not agreeing to contract

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The Cardinals have renewed ace Jack Flaherty's contract at just over $600,000. Flaherty did not agree to his contract for the second year in a row, but as a player with under three years of major league service time he is unable to bargain with the team and must play for the salary the Cardinals designated for him. According to Derrick Goold, the Cardinals have a team policy of fining pre-arbitration players $10,000 who do not agree to their contracts, but offset the penalty with a bonus for finishing fourth in last year's National League Cy Young Award voting.

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