Three free agent pitchers go off the board

With the Winter Meetings starting on Sunday, there should be an uptick in both trade and free agent activity over the next week or so. We have seen, over the past twenty four hours or so, three free agent pitchers go off the board, though none of them in the upper echelon of free agents. And while none of them are guys specifically linked to the Rangers, they are guys you would think the Rangers likely had some level of interest in, particularly given how wide a net they are casting.

The most notable deal involves pitcher Zach Eflin, who has reportedly agreed to a three year, $40 million deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Eflin, 28, is a righthanded pitcher who was originally selected by the San…