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Flaherty (shoulder) will start Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Cubs, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Flaherty will have been sidelined exactly a month when he retakes the mound Friday, and he'll face some workload limitations since he wasn't able to build up to a full starter's workload during his rehab work. The 25-year-old will act as a pseudo-opener and is unlikely to pitch deep enough to qualify for a potential victory.

Rogers dropped to 7-8 after giving up four runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks across 5.1 innings in Tuesday's 7-1 loss to the Nationals. He tied his career high with 10 strikeouts in the outing.

Rogers has yet to record a win since June 10, and while the All-Star rookie has seen his effectiveness wane since that time, he's pitched well enough to deserve a better outcome. Over that 0-5 stretch which has spanned 11 starts, Rogers has turned in 3.78 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 62:21 K:BB while allowing only two home runs in 52.1 innings. Rogers will tentatively line up for two starts in the final week of the season, with the first of those outings set to come in the Marlins' Sept. 28 doubleheader in New York versus the Mets.

Bieber (shoulder) will start Friday's game against the White Sox, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

Bieber threw a bullpen session Tuesday and is in line to make his first major-league appearance since June 13. He recently made a pair of rehab appearances and allowed four runs in six innings. The right-hander tossed 57 pitches at Double-A Akron on Sunday and is expected to be limited to approximately 75 pitches in Friday's outing.

Severino pitched two scoreless innings against the Rangers on Tuesday, allowing two hits and striking out two.

In his first major-league game action since 2019, Severino gave up a double and a single but no runs while covering the final two frames of a New York victory. The right-hander registered five swinging strikes among his 30 pitches and averaged 94 mph on his fastball, per Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. The velocity was a few ticks below his norm prior to undergoing Tommy John surgery, but that isn't necessarily a concern considering Severino's long layoff. He's expected to continue working out of the bullpen for the remainder of the campaign as he gets re-acquainted with pitching to big-league hitters.

Dunning (5-9) was the pitcher of record in Tuesday's 7-1 loss to the Yankees after giving up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out three in 2.2 innings.

Dunning picked up his first start since Aug. 20, after he had previously made two relief appearances earlier this month following a three-week stint on the COVID-19 injured list. Because he didn't get fully stretched out for starting duty while working out of the bullpen, Dunning was pulled Tuesday after 57 pitches, but his poor showing up to that point likely wouldn't have resulted in manager Chris Woodward keeping him in the game much longer. Kolby Allard covered 4.1 innings in long relief Tuesday, and the two could continue to work in a tandem when Dunning's next turn in the rotation comes up Sunday in Baltimore.

Montgomery (6-6) earned the win over Texas on Tuesday, pitching 5.2 innings and allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out six.

The right-hander fell just short of a quality start, but he limited the Rangers to only one extra-base hit and a single run on the scoreboard. Montgomery has allowed a combined two runs over his past two outings consisting of 11.1 innings, registering an 18:2 K:BB over the pair of contests. He has been perhaps the team's most consistent starter since the All-Star break, allowing three or fewer earned runs in 14 of 16 starts. His next appearance is tentatively lined up for Sunday at Boston.

The Yankees reinstated German (shoulder) from the 10-day injured list Wednesday.

Outfielder Estevan Florial was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to open up a roster spot for German, who had been on the shelf since Aug. 1 with a right shoulder strain. German made a pair of two-inning rehab appearances with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to being activated, and he'll be rejoining New York in a bullpen role after having previously started in 18 of his 21 appearances on the season with the big club.

Miley won't make his next start until at least Monday's make-up game with the Pirates in Cincinnati after the Reds pushed him back in their pitching schedule while he manages a stiff neck, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

After Cincinnati had its series finale Wednesday with Pittsburgh postponed due to inclement weather, manager David Bell has elected to reorder the rotation. All of Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, Vladimir Guerrero and Tyler Mahle will pick up starts in this weekend's series with the Nationals, so unless he's deployed out of the bullpen against Washington, Miley will go the entire week without pitching. The neck issue isn't viewed as a major concern, and Cincinnati may just want to skip Miley's turn as a result of his recent struggles. Over his last four outings, Miley has hammered for 18 runs (17 earned) in 18.1 innings while surrendering 36 hits, including seven long balls.

Overton is listed as the Pirates' starting pitcher for Thursday's game against the Phillies in Philadelphia, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Overton had been in line to serve as an opening pitcher as part of a bullpen game Wednesday against the Reds, but the contest was postponed due to inclement weather in Cincinnati. Though he'll get an extra day to rest up, Overton is still likely to have a restricted workload Thursday after he tossed an inning out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Reds.

Overton and the Pirates won't face the Reds on Wednesday after the game was postponed due to inclement weather in Cincinnati.

The two teams will make up the contest next Monday, the lone mutual off day remaining in their respective 2021 schedules. In light of the postponement, expect the Pirates to skip Overton's turn in the rotation, as the team had planned to treat Wednesday's contest as a bullpen day featuring the right-hander as more of an opener than a traditional starter.