The fifth spot in the rotation has been a problem for the Boston Red Sox all season as they have cycled through fringe-major league pitchers and underdeveloped prospects to no avail. The solution isn’t any clearer with the news that Nathan Eovaldi will be moving to the bullpen.
The Red Sox paid Eovaldi $17 million this season expecting him to be a fixture in the rotation but that clearly hasn’t panned out. He was awful in four starts, producing a 6.00 ERA over 21 innings, before undergoing a procedure to remove loose bodies in his elbow.