Report: RHP Zach Eflin signs three-year, $40M deal with Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to phrases with pitcher Zach Eflin on a three-year, $40-million greenback contract, Joel Sherman of the New York Post and Jeff Passan of ESPN report.

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The free-agent righty held a 4.04 ERA this previous season with the Philadelphia Phillies in 13 regular-season begins. He additionally made seven appearances out of the bullpen in September after lacking many of the summer time resulting from a proper knee harm, recording a 1.17 ERA..

While with the Phillies for his or her World Series run, he threw 10.2 innings out of the bullpen to a 3.38 ERA.

Eflin now joins the Rays as a flexible pitcher, in a position to eat up innings out of the bullpen or be part of the rotation.

The $40-million greenback price ticket is the largest quantity that the Rays have spent on a free agent, Bob Nightengale of USA Today experiences.

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