It took more than half a season but the Boston Red Sox finally settled on a closer. According to NESN’s Tom Caron, Nathan Eovaldi will be inserted into the ninth inning role when he returns from the injured list.
Eovaldi has been on the shelf since undergoing a procedure to remove loose bodies in his right elbow in April. Bringing him back as a reliever allows the Red Sox to reduce his workload down the stretch. While a return date hasn’t been confirmed yet, he won’t require a lengthy rehab assignment if he doesn’t need to be stretched out as a starter.