Nathan Eovaldi has agreed to a $34 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers, the team announced on Tuesday. The contract will include a third-year vesting player option.
Eovaldi also has the potential to earn bonuses of up to $3 million a year should he pitch 160 innings per season. Should he pitch 300 innings from 2023 to 2024, a $20 million option in 2025 could be triggered. Another $3 million in bonuses could accompany this option.
The 32-year-old pitcher got his start in 2011 at the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he pitched 1-2 with a 3.63 ERA. From there, he went on to play for the Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, and Tampa Bay Rays before being traded to the Boston Red Sox. In Boston, he was famous for being part of the Red Sox World Series-winning team of 2018.
Aside from securing the free agent Eovaldi, the Rangers also signed free-agent starter Andrew Heaney on a two-year deal as well as Jacob deGrom on a five-year contract. Still, this falls below the $500 spent by the team on middle fielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien last season.
