Marlins' Jose Fernandez: Still likely to have innings limited

Jon Morosi of FOX Sports reiterated Friday that Fernandez's innings are likely to be restricted over the final two months of the regular season.

Analysis:

An innings limit for Fernandez has not been brought up at length for a while, but Morosi first reported in February that the Marlins would look to conserve Fernandez's innings with him coming off Tommy John surgery, and it's worth mentioning again given the team's expected trade for starters Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea. It's not clear exactly how the Marlins plan to cap Fernandez's innings -- and what the team's actual target is -- but he totaled 89.1 innings last year and has never thrown more than 172.2 innings in a season, which suggests it's unlikely he will reach the 200-inning mark. Fernandez sits at 125.2 innings through 20 starts in 2016.