Report: Marlins Trade David Phelps to Mariners

The Miami Marlins have reportedly traded reliever David Phelps to the Mariners for four prospects.

The Miami Marlins have traded reliever David Phelps to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for four prospects, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports.

Miami will receive outfielder Brayan Hernandez and pitchers Brandon Miller, Pablo Lopez, Lucas Schiraldi in the deal. 

Phelps, 30, has made 44 appearances this season for the Marlins.

He has a 3.45 ERA and 1.34 WHIP plus 51 strikeouts in 47 innings this season for Miami, who enter today with a 42–51 record and just lost two of three games to the NL–worst Philadelphia Phillies.

Seattle (48–48) sits just 1.5 games out of the second wild-card spot in the AL.