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Marlins could shut down Jose if eliminated
- Updated: September 7, 2016
MIAMI — Since Spring Training, the Marlins have had a plan in place to keep Jose Fernandez available for the entire season and into the postseason, if necessary. But now that the club is slipping further out of Wild Card contention, the team also is prepared to shut down its ace right-hander.
Fernandez, who has thrown 160 1/3 innings in 26 starts, is matched up against Clayton Kershaw on Friday night in the series opener with the Dodgers at Marlins Park.
Asked if Fernandez could be shut down if the club is eliminated, manager Don Mattingly said: “Absolutely. We’ll look at that as it goes. Obviously, we’ve been paying attention to his innings all along.”
Fernandez, 13-8 with a 3.03 ERA, has been on a program that would get him to around 180 innings in the regular season. In August, he was skipped a start, which was part of the program to make him available for October.
Mattingly also noted that Fernandez doesn’t have much experience …
