"I think what everyone is focused on is me losing service time or losing money, but the only thing I've been worried about the whole time is being away from my teammates and losing those eight days of relationships in the middle of a pennant race," Eflin said. "That's what affected me the most. I couldn't care less about the money I missed or the days I missed. It's more about the relationships and the brothers you have in this clubhouse that I was missing out on."