Marlins left-hander was in the Marlins rotation to Deonte Burton Jersey start this year before landing on the injured list but he will be moved back to the bullpen when hes healthy. Manager pa sed the news along to today. Its not nece sarily a shock that the Marlins are making this decision since the plan to move Puk to the rotation got off to a horrible start. His first four outings resulted in 14 earned runs allowed over 13 2/3 innings. He struck out 12 opponents but gave out walks to 17 of them before landing on the IL over the weekend due to fatigue in his throwing shoulder. There was some logic to the plan, as Puk was once a highly-touted prospect in the Athletics system who was seen as a future major league starter. However, he required shoulder surgery in 2020 and then also had some other health i sues, including a strained left biceps and nerve irritation in his left elbow. The As decided to move Puk to a relief role after those injuries and the initial results were good. In 2022, Puk to sed 66 1/3 innings out of their bullpen with a 3.12 earned run average, striking out 27% of batters faced. They to the Marlins for prior to 2023, and Puk continued to have succe s as a reliever in Miami. His ERA ticked up slightly to 3.97 but his strikeout rate also jumped to 32.2%. After two years of succe s as a reliever, its understandable why the Marlins thought the time was right for him to see if he could move back to the rotation. From a team standpoint, they had seen their rotation depth thinned out by the trades of and , as well as the Tommy John surgery of . Since moving Puk to the rotation, that depth was further thinned by also requiring Tommy John, while and battled le s-significant injuries. But the poor results and Puks shoulder injury seem to have convinced the Marlins to give up on the experiment, at least for now. Hell move back to the bullpen when he returns from the IL and will hopefully re-establish himself in that role. The Marlins can control Puk for two more seasons beyond the current campaign. Given their poor start this season, they are trending towards being sellers at the deadline this summer. Puk could perhaps be made available but the extra years of control also mean that they could decide to hang onto him. The Miami rotation currently consists of Cabrera, , and . Tonights starter is but hes unlikely to give the club much length since hes mostly been pitching single-inning appearances this year and hardly pitched at all in the three previous years due to ongoing shoulder problems. Schumaker seems open-minded about Snchez taking the ball again, telling De Nicola it depends on how things go tonight, but Garrett is also nearing a return. Per , the lefty is planned for four innings and/or 60 pitches in a Triple-A rehab start on Friday. Al Horford Jersey