OAKLAND -- Wednesday night, Nathan Eovaldi will make his first start as a member of the Rays, and his first Major League appearance since Aug. 10, 2016, against the Red Sox in Boston.
Since that time, the hard-throwing right-hander has had Tommy John surgery, as well as another elbow procedure to clean up "loose bodies" this spring.
"I'm just trying to think of it as another game," Eovaldi said. "The fact that it's been a long time since I've been out there in the actual game.