The Marlins have placed righty David Phelps on the 15-day DL with a left oblique strain, the club announced. Righty Jake Esch is coming up to take a start for Phelps.
The move is retroactive to August 27th, so Phelps can be available to return before mid-September. It’s not yet clear whether the injury will keep him out past that point or not.
Losing Phelps is a major blow to a Miami club that is already showing signs of cracking in the postseason race. He has been remarkably effective all year long, first posting top-quality results over 54 1/3 relief innings and then turning in five excellent starts when a need arose in the rotation.
Regardless of how things turn out over the final month or so of the season, Phelps has turned himself into quite a value for Miami. He will earn a raise on his current $2.5MM salary, but comes with two more seasons of arbitration control.
anonymoususer
Reading about Phelps makes me think back to that Yankees-Marlins trade. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there seems to be a clear winner.
jbkelly33
Looks even to me
metseventually 2
Really? Are you forgetting about Martin Prado?
fuccboi666
who did the yankees get again? was it eovaldi and jones?
MB923
Yep. Marlins clearly won that one.
MB923
No team wins (or loses ) every trade.
Bob Knob
Dont forget about Domingo German !
(still only 23…..)
ducoach
Too Bad, this hurts Miami in the hunt for a wild card spot. Mats is doing a great job managing the Marlins!