{"id":577490,"date":"2026-04-01T01:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577490\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:29:13","slug":"orioles-zach-eflin-exits-in-4th-inning-with-elbow-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577490\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles’ Zach Eflin exits in 4th inning with elbow issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE — Orioles<\/a> right-hander Zach Eflin<\/a> was abruptly pulled from Tuesday night’s game against the Texas Rangers<\/a> with right elbow discomfort.<\/p>\n

Eflin struck out seven in 3 2\/3 innings, allowing only one run on a solo homer by Ezequiel Duran<\/a> in the third. With two on and two out in the fourth, there was a meeting on the mound when Duran came to the plate again. Eflin threw one more pitch, a ball, and then there was another meeting — this one including manager Craig Albernaz.<\/p>\n

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Eflin was lifted and replaced by reliever Grant Wolfram<\/a>, who got the third out.<\/p>\n

The Orioles re-signed Eflin to a one-year deal for $10 million this past offseason. It includes a $25 million mutual option or a $2 million buyout for 2027, with escalators for both: $1 million if he makes 15 starts this year, $1.5 million for 20 and $2.5 million for 25.<\/p>\n

Eflin went 6-5 with a 5.93 ERA during an injury-plagued 2025 for the Orioles, and his season ended early because of back issues.<\/p>\n

If Eflin has to miss significant time, Dean Kremer<\/a> would appear to be the next option after he was sent down to start the season in the minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE — Orioles right-hander Zach Eflin was abruptly pulled from Tuesday night’s game against the Texas Rangers with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-577490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}