David Phelps had another fantastic outing over the weekend, helping the Miami Marlins take the second of a three-game set against the Pittsburgh Pirates by going six strong innings on Saturday, striking out nine batters with two walks allowed and no runs through. In that start, he continued his hard-throwing ways, as it seems clear that a move at this point from the bullpen to the rotation is not going to take out his fastball velocity.
Phelps has pitched 20 2⁄3 innings as a starter and has only lost about half a mile per hour on his fastball on average.