Zach Eflin's MLB Performance: Control, Trade Prospects in 2023
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00:00The numbers are a little bit down from where they were last year.
00:06Still his control is incredible, doesn't walk anybody.
00:10I don't know where the Rays are headed.
00:11Where is Eflin, you think, headed for the second half?
00:14Yeah, no, that's a really good point because the Rays have already said that they're going
00:19to be sellers.
00:20You know, things could happen.
00:22Maybe they rattle off seven, 10 wins in a row and they become, you know, they no longer
00:28are sellers.
00:29But right now it looks like they're selling.
00:31So you figure Zac Eflin's going to go to a good team.
00:34Obviously, they're not selling to a bad team.
00:37So if Eflin goes to a place where he's going to get more wins, he's got, as you mentioned,
00:42he has great command.
00:44So he's not walking anyone.
00:45His strikeouts are down a little bit, which is a little bit concerning.
00:50But nothing really in the peripherals are saying like, okay, Zac Eflin is, you know,
00:55having some sort of miserable, you know.
00:58He doesn't look like he's hiding an injury.
01:00He doesn't have like, you know, the velocity is not down.
01:04Everything looks pretty much normal for him except for the strikeout rate.
01:08So if the strikeout rate just comes up a little bit and everything else is where it's been,
01:12he's always been a low three ERA pitcher, you know, at least since he broke out last
01:19year.
01:20So, you know, I expect right now he's barely under four.
01:25I expect better.
01:26Not necessarily like, I don't think Eflin is going to become an ace, but if you're looking
01:31at a nice, solid buy low where he's going to get a little bit better, which is, you
01:37know, if you can get a little bit better on all your players, that's a good thing.
01:41And Eflin is really cheap to acquire in fantasy leagues.