Detroit Tigers game vs. Cleveland Guardians: Time, TV channel for Jack Flaherty start

Detroit Tigers (50-52) vs. Cleveland Guardians (60-40)

When: 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Where: Progressive Field in Cleveland.

TV: Bally Sports Detroit. (Have Xfinity but still looking for a way to watch BSD? Here are some other options .)

Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1). ( Tigers radio affiliates ).

Probable pitchers: Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (7-5, 3.13 ERA) vs. Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (8-4, 3.58).

Weather: Chance of showers, high 70s.

• Box score

Tigers lineup : TBD.

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Game notes: After getting some much-needed time off for the All-Star break to rest his back, Jack Flaherty will be back on the mound for the Detroit Tigers.

Will it be one of his last appearances in the Old English "D?"

As the Free Press' Evan Petzold has reported numerous times , the Tigers plan on trading Flaherty at the deadline, and have planned to deal him since signing him to a one year prove-it deal in the offseason. In the first half of the year, Flaherty did just that, proving that he can still be an extremely valuable member of a starting rotation after making a few tweaks. But just as there were tweaks to Flaherty's game from the Tigers' coaching staff, there have been multiple tweaks in Flaherty's back this year.

The right-hander has missed multiple starts because of flareups in his back, leading to injections to deal with the pain. If it weren't for the injury concerns, Flaherty would be a very valuable asset, and even with them still could bring back a nice return for the Tigers.

After Wednesday's start, you have to wonder if the Tigers would be willing to risk sending Flaherty out again and having the possibility of an injury — either to his back or otherwise — and miss out on getting something back, especially after what happened at the trade deadline to Scott Harris and the Tigers' front office last year with Eduardo Rodriguez.

However, if the Tigers keep finding ways to get wins, it could be a harder decision for the Tigers' brass on whether to part ways with one of their only remaining healthy arms.

All of that goes to say we can't say this will certainly be Flaherty's last time in a Tigers uniform, but there is a non-zero chance that it is.

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