{"id":374844,"date":"2025-12-29T09:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374844\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:27:09","slug":"baltimore-orioles-bring-back-free-agent-right-hander-zach-eflin-on-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374844\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles bring back free agent right-hander Zach Eflin on one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Orioles<\/a> are bringing back right-hander Zach Eflin<\/a> on a $10 million, one-year contract.<\/p>\n

The Orioles acquired Eflin in a trade from Tampa Bay during the 2024 season, and he pitched well down the stretch that year, but he went 6-5 with a 5.93 ERA during an injury-plagued 2025. With the Orioles on their way to a last-place finish, Eflin seemed like a candidate to be traded in July, but just before the deadline he went on the injured list with back trouble, and he was eventually ruled out for the season.<\/p>\n

After becoming a free agent, the 31-year-old Eflin is returning to the Orioles. He\u2019s set to receive $5 million in 2026, plus a $3 million signing bonus. His deal also includes a $25 million mutual option for 2027 or a $2 million buyout.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Eflin\u2019s option price and his buyout would each escalate depending on how many starts he makes this coming season: $1 million for 15 starts, $1.5 million for 20 and $2.5 million for 25. Since mutual options are almost never exercised, he could earn up to $15 million for one season.<\/p>\n

Baltimore has been active after a disappointing 2025 season, signing slugger Pete Alonso<\/a> and reliever Ryan Helsley<\/a> and trading for reliever Andrew Kittredge<\/a>, outfielder Taylor Ward<\/a> and right-hander Shane Baz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/p>\n

Noah Trister, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Orioles are bringing back right-hander Zach Eflin on a $10 million, one-year contract. The Orioles acquired…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-374844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}