Rays place RHP Eflin on injured list with back tightness
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays positioned pitcher Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured checklist Tuesday after the right-hander reported decrease again tightness.
Eflin (2-0, 3.27 ERA) had been scheduled to make his third begin on Wednesday night time towards Boston. Instead, 22-year-old righty Taj Bradley will make his main league debut for the Rays, who have been 10-0 going into the second sport of the four-game collection towards the Red Sox.
Eflin, 29, signed a $40 million, three-year contract within the offseason, the most important free-agent deal in franchise historical past. He went 3-5 in 20 video games (13 begins) in 2022, his seventh season with the Philadelphia Phillies.
His placement on the injured checklist is retroactive to April 8, which makes Eflin eligible to return on April 23.
“I expect it to be minimal,” Rays supervisor Kevin Cash mentioned of the setback. “We’re trying to stay ahead of it. With where we’re at in the season and how important he is to us, let’s see if we can get it treated and calmed down pretty quickly.”
Eflin is the second member of Tampa Bay’s rotation to go on the IL. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who has been out with a left indirect pressure, threw 15 pitches on Tuesday, his first pitches off a mound since late February.
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