{"id":375198,"date":"2025-12-29T03:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375198\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:04:09","slug":"right-hander-zach-eflin-orioles-reuniting-on-one-year-deal-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375198\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-hander Zach Eflin, Orioles reuniting on one-year deal: Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Zach Eflin looks toward home plate with a baseball in his right hand as he delivers a pitch.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2210281497-1024x711.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Zach Eflin had a 5.93 ERA and allowed 18 home runs in 14 starts for the Orioles in 2025. Christian Petersen \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Looking to add depth to their starting rotation, the Baltimore Orioles are reuniting with veteran Zach Eflin on a one-year deal, a league source confirmed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is worth $10 million and contains a mutual option for 2027, the source confirmed. The expectation is for Baltimore to remain in the market for starting pitching help. USA Today first reported the move.<\/p>\n<p>Eflin, who turns 32 in April, had a miserable season in 2025, the final year of a three-year, $40 million contract. In 2023 and 2024, pitching for the Tampa Bay Rays and then Baltimore, Eflin made 59 starts with a 3.54 ERA. This past season, amid a team-wide collapse for the Orioles, Eflin went 6-5 with a 5.93 ERA in only 14 starts.<\/p>\n<p>The pitcher was dogged by back problems for much of the year, missing time in both June and July before undergoing a season-ending lumbar microdiscectomy in August. Eflin\u2019s surgery ended a string of good health after injuries sidetracked him earlier in his career.<\/p>\n<p>While dealing with back trouble, Eflin saw his fastball velocity drop and his strikeout rate decline. His six-pitch mix gives him a variety of options for disarming hitters, but he will need to prove he can stay healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Eflin had a 5.93 ERA and allowed 18 home runs in 14 starts for the Orioles in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[371,363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-375198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baltimore-orioles","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}