Orioles place Eflin on 15-day injured list with lat strain, recall Selby

The Orioles placed starting pitcher Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list with a strained right lat. The move is retroactive to Tuesday.

Eflin left Monday night’s game at Arizona after six innings and only 73 pitches. After Tuesday night’s game, manager Brandon Hyde told reporters in Phoenix that the 31-year-old right-hander would not throw for the next week. In three starts, Eflin is 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA.

Right-hander Colin Selby, who pitched four scoreless innings for the Orioles in three appearances last season, has been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. He was on the taxi squad for Tuesday’s game.

Hyde said the Orioles were still discussing how to replace Eflin in the rotation. The Orioles have eight pitchers on the injured list.

Kyle Bradish and Tyler Wells, who had season-ending elbow surgeries last June, are on the 60-day injured list and won’t pitch any time soon.

On Monday, the Orioles transferred right-hander Albert Suárez from the 15- to 60-day injured list with a strained right subscapularis, the largest and strongest muscle in the rotator cuff. Starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez is on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Also on the 15-day injured list are right-hander Chayce McDermott (right lat strain), left-hander Trevor Rogers (right dislocated kneecap) and reliever Andrew Kittredge (cartilage removal from left knee).