On Wednesday morning, the Tampa Bay Rays shipped righthander Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox. Eovaldi was the first major starting pitching target to exchange hands during this trade deadline season. As such, it seems likely that this swap sets the market for starting pitching in trades to follow.
While Eovaldi isn’t the biggest fish in the pond, he is a good get in a year that offers little in the way of rotation upgrades. Detroit Tigers starter Mike Fiers fits right into the same category.