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Dombrowski, Girardi offer updates on Eflin, Wheeler & more

Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and manager Joe Girardi both met with the assembled media at Clearwater Sunday morning. Below are some of the highlights.

Zach Eflin is entering a contract year.(Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

Zach Eflin’s Health

Eflin had season-ending surgery on his right patellar tendon last Sept. 10, which came with an initial recovery timeline of six to eight months.

While that led many to believe that the Phillies would be without Eflin to begin the season, it sounds as though one of the longest-tenured players on the team is tracking towards the front half of that recovery timeline.