Fantasy Baseball: Zach Eflin's Challenging 2-Start Week

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00:00Let's start with Zach Eflin as we look ahead to two start weeks in fantasy baseball. Zach Eflin

00:05has three straight wins for the O's, but he's got two tough matchups here potentially. The first one

00:11against Ryan Pepeo, who's been pretty solid in the last six weeks. The Tampa Bay Rays, as George

00:16mentioned, are now going to be the road warriors this summer. And then on the road against Clark

00:21Schmidt, two road starts here for Zach Eflin. The second one against the Yankees here in that

00:27itty bitty ballpark that's known as Yankee stadium. Now F1, not a guy that's racking up the

00:32strikeouts, just 36 Ks and 53 innings this year, George, that's not spectacular, but he does

00:38have a 109 whip and that ERA has come down to 408. He is the quote unquote default ace of

00:44the Orioles, which isn't great for the Orioles, which is why their record is what it is. But

00:49George, would you start Zach Eflin on the road for these two starts against Tampa and the

00:54Yankees this week in fantasy? First of all, let me correct you. You said the itty bitty

00:58ballpark that is Yankee stadium. It's the itty bitty right field. Left field is actually one of the

01:03biggest in major league baseball. People will forget that a lot, by the way. That being said,

01:08I'm starting Eflin. He's given a four earned runs in his last three starts. I already brought out to

01:13you that the Yankees are not scoring right now. I said, I don't know what the Yankees are going to be

01:16doing in a week from now. That's pretty much when Eflin's going to start against them next Saturday or

01:20Sunday there, but I'm starting them. I'm probably more worried about the Tampa Bay start than I am

01:24Yankee Stadium right now, you know, because the Rays are hitting the cover off the ball.

01:29All right. They're hitting that. That's why they're playing so well right now. We know they can pitch.

01:32You know, you think about the Rays. We all get on the race because they were the opener. They were

01:38rooting baseball by throwing the opener. The Rays starting pitchers are averaging the most innings

01:43in baseball. Go figure. All right. They've gone away from those. They've gone away from those

01:49openers, right? They've got good starting pitching now, guys who are actually starting the game now.

01:53So I'm probably more worried about the Rays start than I am the Yankee start. But that being said,

01:56he's hot. He was supposed to be better than maybe he's starting to realize what he was coming into,

02:00what we thought he'd be coming into the season here. Yes, I'm starting Eflin. I may not say

02:04with confidence, but I'm starting him.