Rookie right-hander Chris Volstad has pitched 91 innings since being promoted to the majors, and 141 all told this season. But the Marlins don't plan to cut his season short just yet.

"If he's OK and he's not showing any signs that we have to shut him down, we'll just keep on running him out there," manager Fredi Gonzalez said Thursday. "He's strong and he's capable of doing it."

Last year, Volstad logged a career high 168 2/3 innings for Class A Jupiter and Class AA Carolina.

Volstad is 4-3 with a 3.42 ERA in eight starts since being called up from Carolina in July. He'll make the biggest start of his rookie season Friday when he faces the Mets.

But Gonzalez does not expect the rookie to become wide eyed in a pennant race.

"For a 21-year-old, I ...More