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Playoff hero Nathan Eovaldi signs four-year, $68M deal with Red Sox
Nathan Eovaldi is returning to the Boston Red Sox, signing a four-year deal to stay with the team through 2022.
The deal is worth $68 million, with the right-hander getting $17 million in each of the four seasons, according to multiple reports.
Eovaldi, 28, emerged as a star in the postseason, dominating both as a starter and late-inning reliever.
He ranked fourth in the American League in walks per nine innings (1.62), and sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.05) last season. He held right-handed hitters to a .252 on-base percentage with 54 strikeouts against only five walks, and did not allow a home run to any of his final 194 righties faced, including in the postseason.
Left-handed batters went 4-for-53 with one extra-base hit and a .329 OPS against Eovaldi from Sept. 1 through the end of the World Series.
Eovaldi has had two Tommy John surgeries, most recently in 2016.
After being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 25, Eovaldi went 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA in 11 starts and one long-relief appearance. He found his groove in September, with a 1.35 ERA in five appearances that gave a hint of what was to come in the postseason.
In 22⅓ postseason innings, Eovaldi allowed only four earned runs, throwing 100 mph fastballs that were unhittable.
He was released by the Yankees in 2017 and signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Rays for 2018. He made his return from surgery May 30 and made 10 starts for Tampa Bay, going 3-4 with a 4.26 ERA.
Eovaldi has a 44-53 record and 4.16 ERA since entering the majors in 2011, in stints with the Dodgers and Miami Marlins as well as the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox.
The deal is worth $68 million, with the right-hander getting $17 million in each of the four seasons, according to multiple reports.
Eovaldi, 28, emerged as a star in the postseason, dominating both as a starter and late-inning reliever.
He ranked fourth in the American League in walks per nine innings (1.62), and sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.05) last season. He held right-handed hitters to a .252 on-base percentage with 54 strikeouts against only five walks, and did not allow a home run to any of his final 194 righties faced, including in the postseason.
Left-handed batters went 4-for-53 with one extra-base hit and a .329 OPS against Eovaldi from Sept. 1 through the end of the World Series.
Eovaldi has had two Tommy John surgeries, most recently in 2016.
After being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 25, Eovaldi went 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA in 11 starts and one long-relief appearance. He found his groove in September, with a 1.35 ERA in five appearances that gave a hint of what was to come in the postseason.
In 22⅓ postseason innings, Eovaldi allowed only four earned runs, throwing 100 mph fastballs that were unhittable.
He was released by the Yankees in 2017 and signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Rays for 2018. He made his return from surgery May 30 and made 10 starts for Tampa Bay, going 3-4 with a 4.26 ERA.
Eovaldi has a 44-53 record and 4.16 ERA since entering the majors in 2011, in stints with the Dodgers and Miami Marlins as well as the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox.