News item: Per colleague Peter Abraham, the Red Sox want pitcher/postseason folk-hero Nathan Eovaldi to stick around, and apparently they will spare few dollars and fewer adverbs to make it happen.
In a vacuum, this is a welcome, if not totally surprising development. Who wouldn’t want Eovaldi back? He’s in the sweet spot of his prime at 28 years old, throws 101 miles an hour like it’s nothing, and bought real estate in permanent Red Sox lore this postseason with a sensational overall performance, including six innings of gutsy relief on almost no rest in the epic 18-inning Game 3 of the World Series.