{"id":14056,"date":"2018-07-25T12:52:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T16:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=14056"},"modified":"2018-07-25T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T16:52:57","slug":"nathan-eovaldi-boston-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/07\/25\/nathan-eovaldi-boston-red-sox\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays Trade Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Tampa Bay Rays being a team interested in selling players at the trade deadline, they have decided to trade pitcher Nathan Eovaldi<\/a> to the Boston Red Sox for LHP Jalen Beeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Rays Trade Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox<\/h2>\n

This season with the Rays, Eovaldi is 3-4 with a 4.26 ERA, 53 strikeouts to eight walks, and a 0.98 WHIP. For his career, the RHP has a 4.22 ERA, with 592 strikeouts to 247 walks and a WHIP of 1.35.\u00a0Eovaldi owns the American League’s third-highest strikeout-to-walk ratio<\/a> (6.63) behind Corey Kluber<\/a> (7.44) and Justin Verlander<\/a> (7.04). He has limited right-handed hitters performance at the plate,\u00a0limiting them to a .207 batting average. Eovaldi\u2019s best season was in 2015 when he played with the New York Yankees, where he was 14-3, with a 4.20 ERA and 1.45 WHIP.<\/p>\n

Jalen Beeks is playing for the Triple-A Pawtucket squad this season. In the minors, Beeks is 5-5 with a 2.89 ERA,\u00a0 1.09 WHIP and a .215 opponent batting average. For a team building for the future, the Rays will most likely use Beeks as a starter or bring him in from the bullpen to be a multi-inning reliever.<\/p>\n

The Boston Red Sox pitching is stacked and it is going to get even deeper with the addition of Eovaldi. Chris Sale<\/a> has 11 wins and leads the American League in ERA with 2.13, destined to earn a Cy Young<\/a> award. However, with Eduardo Rodriguez<\/a> and Steven Wright<\/a> on the DL with injuries, expect Eovaldi to make an immediate impact in the starting rotation for the team, which is expected to be a threat when the postseason arrives.<\/p>\n

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