PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies will enter the offseason hoping that two of their top young pitchers will be healthy and ready to pitch by Spring Training.
The team announced Friday afternoon that right-hander Zach Eflin had season-ending surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his right knee. He will be immobilized for the next six weeks, which will allow a stress fracture in his right foot to heal. Eflin is expected to have the same surgery on his left knee in six weeks.
"It seems like that's where it's headed," Phillies general manager Matt Klentak said about the second surgery.