John Jones-Imagn Images The Baltimore Orioles continued filling out their rotation last weekend, signing right-hander Zach Eflin to a one-year contract worth $10 million with a mutual option for the 2027 season. Traded to the Orioles from the Rays in 2024, Eflin struggled with injuries last year, throwing only 71 1/3 over 14 starts while putting up a 5.93 ERA and -0.3 WAR. A first-round pick by…

Jorge CastilloDec 28, 2025, 09:48 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. The Baltimore Orioles announced Sunday that they re-signed right-hander Zach Eflin to a one-year contract as…

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports After a somewhat slow start to this year’s trade deadline, one of the better pitchers available has a new team, with Zach Eflin heading from Tropicana Field to the land of Old Bay and Natty Boh. (That’s Baltimore, for those of you unfamiliar with properly seasoned shellfish and/or nostalgic mass-market budget lager.) Heading back to the Rays from the Orioles…

A wedding ring could mean cheating − at least to some MLB umpires. Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Zach Eflin had an unusual encounter with the umpiring crew during Thursday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates when umpires went to check his hand and glove for a foreign substance after the first inning. Eflin was in a lengthy discussion with crew chief Adrian Johnson and eventually could be seen taking…