SPORTS | PHILLIES NEWCOMERS, FIRST IN A SERIES

ABOUT THIS Meet the Prospects: SERIES Each day this week, the Daily News will look at Phillies prospects acquired in the offseason. ZACH EFLIN Today Zach Eflin, RHP

BY ED BARKOWITZ Tomorrow Tom Windle, LHP [email protected] Twitter: @EdBarkowitz Wednesday Joely Rodriguez, LHP

BIG Thursday Odubel Herrera, SHOT OF/Inf. “If you are 10-7 with a Friday , RHP (3.80) ERA in that league, you’re doing something right.” Archive Philly.com — Phillies director of player development Joe Jordan on Eflin’s 2014 performance in

STEVEN M. FALK / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / STAFF FALK M. STEVEN the hitter-friendly BIO Full name: Zachary Eflin

Position: Righthanded QUICK HITTERS .

While his 3.80 ERA in Older sister Candace, Eflin was drafted by the The Padres’ traditional Eflin Age: 20. 2014 may seem high, it was who is mentally Padres in 2012 with the 33rd first-round pick in 2012 confessed this third best in the California challenged, is one of the pick, a selection San Diego was Max Fried (7th over- on Twitter last Born: April 8, 1994 in League. most important people received as compensation all). Fried also was dealt fall: “I check Chuluota, Fla. in Eflin’s life. when Florida signed free this offseason, going to my projections agent closer Heath Bell. the Braves organization in in Fantasy the Justin Upton deal. Football 10x Height: 6-5. more than I Eflin’s 7-year-old sister “[Candice is] the rea- Bell was an All-Star Randy Smith, the Padres check Twitter Weight: 220. Ashley died from leukemia son why I live,” Eflin told in 2011, but his career farm director, told Fox and Instagram complications in 1995 when the Orlando Sentinel. “I disintegrated after leaving Sports last year that Eflin combined.” Eflin was a 1-year-old. He is can’t thank God enough San Diego to the point that “is one of the best com- Bats: Right. Throws: Right. close with his other sisters, for putting her in my he is going to the Nationals petitors that we have in Candace and Brittany. life.” camp on a minor league the organization.” How acquired: Via trade contract. along with LHP Tom Windle in the three-team deal that sent to the Dodgers STATS on Dec. 18. Ye a r Team LG Level W-L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP 2012 Padres AZL Rook 0-1 7.71 4 3 0 7.0 9 6 3 4 1.71 2015: Projected to start the season in the rotation at 2013 Fort Wayne MID A (Full) 7-6 2.73 22 22 0 118.2 110 36 31 86 1.19 Double A Reading. 2014 Lake Elsinore CAL A (Adv) 10-7 3.80 24 24 0 128.0 138 54 31 93 1.32 TOTAL 17-14 3.41 50 49 0 253.2 257 96 65 183 1.27 Twitter: @zeflin12