One of the more underrated names in this offseason’s free agent market is right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. The hard-throwing Texan missed 2017 recovering from Tommy John surgery but returned this year. In a season split between the Tampa Bay Rays and World Series champion Boston Red Sox, Eovaldi went 6-7 with a 3.81 ERA in 21 starts.
Now, he’s a free agent and has no qualifying offer attached. This means whichever team signs him will not have to surrender a draft pick, making him all the more attractive a target.
Well, the pitching-needy New York Yankees could be interested.