I know coming into 2019, I was ready to get rid of Eflin in favor of someone else. I felt that he had been given his chance and shown he isn’t much more than a #5 guy who can be skipped every now and then in the rotation because, well, he doesn’t give much of anything.
Boy have I been wrong.
Sunday was another example of it. Eflin pitched his second consecutive strong outing, shutting down the Nationals’ lineup over seven innings, allowing four hits, one run and two walks, while striking out five.