Last year was Nathan Eovaldi’s 10th in the majors, a significant feat no matter how someone gets there, and for him specifically it was his best season in the bigs. He transformed the way he pitched and showed the sharpest stuff of his career, ending the year among the Cy Young vote-getters. His candidacy for that specific award was largely based around “new school” stats looking at his great peripherals rather than his good, but short of great, results. Early on this season, through three starts in 2022, Eovaldi is getting similar results (actually slightly better), but the peripherals are telling a different story, and that is largely coming down to a handful of home runs he has given up early on this season.
What to make of Nathan Eovaldi’s early-season homer issues
