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Orioles Place Zach Eflin On Injured List

By Anthony Franco | June 30, 2025 at 4:52pm CDT

Zach Eflin’s back soreness is sending him to the 15-day injured list. The Orioles announced the move, which is retroactive to June 29, while recalling rookie righty Brandon Young to take his spot on the active roster.

Eflin only made it through one inning during his start on Saturday before he was forced out of the game by back tightness. The O’s have not provided any more specificity, only announcing the injury as lower back discomfort. His return timeline isn’t clear. Eflin is an impending free agent on a last place team, so an injury one month before the deadline could impact the summer trade market.

This continues a frustrating season for the 31-year-old righty. It began well enough, as Eflin opened the year with three consecutive quality starts. He exited his third appearance with shoulder discomfort that was later diagnosed as a low-grade lat strain. That cost him a month. More concerning is that Eflin has not looked right since he made his return on May 11.

In nine starts since coming back from the shoulder injury, Eflin has been tagged for a 7.16 earned run average. He has fanned under 17% of opposing hitters while surrendering a staggering 14 home runs in only 44 innings. Even if one wants to write off Saturday’s performance — in which he gave up four runs in one inning while trying to pitch through the back discomfort — he’d been hit hard in four of his prior eight outings.

That was already dealing a hit to Eflin’s trade value. While clubs would be intrigued by his 2023-24 numbers, he’s a relatively expensive rebound target on an $18MM salary. This injury adds another layer of uncertainty and could run the risk of taking him off the trade market entirely if he’s still injured by the end of July. Players on the IL are eligible to be traded, but that’d be a difficult sell to other teams if he hasn’t shown some level of improved form by the deadline. O’s GM Mike Elias said over the weekend that they’re not yet committed to selling. Still, it’d take a huge performance over the next couple weeks to raise their playoff odds to a point where the front office can justify not moving at least their impending free agents.

In the meantime, Young seems likely to step into Tony Mansolino’s rotation. The 26-year-old has struggled in a trio of spot starts, giving up 10 runs over 12 2/3 innings. He owns a 3.25 ERA in 25 outings at the Triple-A level over the past couple seasons. Young has a five-pitch mix led by a fastball that sits around 93 MPH.

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  1. gr81t2

    5 hours ago

    Great

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  2. scruffmcgruff

    5 hours ago

    Unless youre telling me Bradish, Wells and Rodriguez are magically coming off the IL tomorrow and pitching like they were never injured in the first place, I don’t see it happening this year. The front office may be content to take it up all the way to the deadline based on the team playing better recently but the hole is way too big to get out of in my opinion, barring some absolute miracle.

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  3. Acoss1331

    5 hours ago

    2025 is a lost season, it would take a tremendous amount of effort over the next few weeks to right the ship, and I don’t see it happening. Re-tool and prepare for 2026 instead.

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  4. mike156

    4 hours ago

    Some dry MLBTR wit: “Hw’s a relatively expensive rebound target on an $18MM salary.”
    Well done!

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  5. Rudy Zolteck

    4 hours ago

    Always stinks this time of year when there’s a guy who gets trade buzz and then gets hurt. Luis Robert Jr is another one. Has to be a gut punch to GMs in those cases.

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    • mike156

      4 hours ago

      I agree, but timing is also tactical–they want to extract the highest bids. So, you gamble with injury and/or underperformance,

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