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Phelps joins rotation, will start Friday vs. Rockies
- Updated: August 3, 2016
CHICAGO — Unable to swing a deal by Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, the Marlins instead opted to settle their fifth starter spot from within.
David Phelps, who has made 50 relief appearances already, was named the starter for Friday’s series opener at Colorado. The fact the 29-year-old already has 59 MLB starts factored into the decision.
“Everybody is looking to get better any way they can, and I think we were kind of the same,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said Tuesday. “I know there were some other things going on at the Deadline, but knowing [Phelps] was there, obviously, we knew he has done this.”
Switching roles is nothing new for Phelps, who has accepted change ever since he broke in with the Yankees in 2012.
In his first season with the Marlins in 2015, Phelps made 23 appearances, with 19 starts. His career ERA starting is 4.36.
A need for rotation depth was created when Wei-Yin Chen went on the disabled list with a left elbow sprain on July 25.
Miami felt it had solidified its rotation on Friday when it completed a seven-player trade with the Padres. Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea were brought in to fill two spots. But on Saturday, Rea worked just 3 1/3 innings before suffering a right elbow injury.
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