BREAKING NEWS: Phillies strikes a $40 million deal plus two loan players for a 2b star…

May 22, 2024 admin Others 0

Atlanta allegedly has former Phil Zach Eflin on their radar now that the roles have been turned and the Braves have departed to attempt and cut the gap on the Phillies.
This role reversal is peculiar.

With the trade deadline just a few days away and five NL East games remaining between the Phillies and Braves, Phillies is the team trying to reduce the gap. MLB insider Bob Nightengale reports that they’re looking to address starting pitching, with an eye toward a former Phil. By way of Nightengale:With a cumulative 2.59 ERA, the Phillies have the greatest starting pitching rotation in MLB, but the Braves’ 3.47 ERA is also respectable. It makes natural that Atlanta is looking at a starter, and Eflin may be a good fit.

The Rays are trapped in third place because they underperformed in an extremely competitive AL East. Even though Eflin is under contract through 2025 with the greatest free-agent deal Tampa has ever offered (three years, $40 million), if that’s where they stay come June or July, he might become expendable.

This season, Eflin has a respectable 3-4 with a 4.12 ERA. His first season with the Rays was 16 wins, the most in the American League. He had an ERA of 3.50.

Eflin played a significant role in the bullpen and started games when needed, contributing to the Phillies’ 2022 World Series run before joining Tampa in 2023.

Pitching in 127 games, Eflin pitched in 127 games for Philadelphia spanning from 2016-to-2022.

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