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• Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Wraps up spring on high note

  5D ago • By RotoWire

  Eovaldi allowed one run on two hits and one walk while striking out one over four innings in Friday's spring start against the Angels. Eovaldi retired the first seven batters he faced and nine of the first 10 over three scoreless innings before getting nicked for a run in his final frame. This was his final Cactus League tune-up and the best of his four spring outings. He finishes the spring with a 5.54 ERA, nine strikeouts and four walks over 13 innings. The right-hander next takes the ball Opening Day against the Red Sox.

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• Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Receiving Opening Day nod

  11D ago • By RotoWire

  The Rangers named Eovaldi as their starter against the Red Sox for Opening Day on March 27. It'll be the fifth Opening Day start of Eovaldi's career and his second straight for Texas. The veteran right-hander is still getting on track in spring training with seven runs allowed over nine frames, but he's coming off a 2024 campaign that saw him finish with a 3.80 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 166:42 K:BB across 170.2 innings.

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• Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Command issues Sunday

  17D ago • By RotoWire

  Eovaldi allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four in Sunday's spring start against the Diamondbacks. Eovaldi threw a spring-high 75 pitches in his third Cactus League outing. He told Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News he was off mechanically and struggled to locate his fastball. Beyond that, the right-hander said he felt fine and was pleased with his curveball, which elicited seven swing-and-misses (14 thrown) and none were hit into play. Eovaldi believes he knows what went wrong for him Sunday and how to correct it. Nothing has been decreed yet, but Eovaldi is a good bet to start Opening Day.

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• Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Up to three innings

  28D ago • By RotoWire

  Eovaldi allowed one run on three hits while striking out three over three innings in Wednesday's spring start against the Guardians. Eovaldi threw an efficient 31 pitches and came away pleased with the effort after an uneven first Cactus League start. "I felt much better this time around than the last outing," Eovaldi told Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News. "I felt like my command was a lot better and I liked the shapes of my pitches." Eovaldi felt like he rushed pitches during his first outing.

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• Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Returning to Texas

  12/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  Eovaldi agreed to a three-year, $75 million contract with the Rangers on Tuesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. Eovaldi turned down his $20 million player option earlier in the offseason, but he'll officially remain in Arlington on a multi-year deal that will pay him $5 million more in 2025 than if he had exercised his option. The 34-year-old righty has been fairly consistent during his time with the Rangers, posting a 3.72 ERA and 1.12 WHIP over the last two seasons, and he'll presumably follow Jacob deGrom as the second man in Texas' rotation.

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