Nathan Eovaldi tau txais daim ntawv cog lus tshiab nrog Texas Rangers xyoo tom qab flashing muaj peev xwm nrog New York Yankees

Nathan Eovaldi lub sijhawm luv luv nrog Yankees qhov tseem ceeb tau xaus rau ntawm lub pob zeb ntawm Fenway Park thaum Lub Yim Hli 10, 2016 thaum nws tawm ntawm qhov pib mob pob luj tshib. Peb hnub ua ntej Aaron Tus Kws Txiav Txim ua nws lub suab nrov nrov, Eovaldi qhov mob ntawm lub luj tshib thaum kawg tau ua Tommy John phais thiab tawm hauv Yankees nrog lub siab tsis muaj peev xwm thaum lawv tau sim ua lub hauv paus tshiab tom qab ua si hauv ib qho kev ua si tom qab xyoo 2013 txog 2016.

Lub peev xwm yeej ib txwm nyob ntawd thaum nws ob lub caij nyoog raws li Yankee nthuav tawm 48 qhov tshwm sim thiab 4,689 pitches. Lub peev xwm tau qhib thaum lub sijhawm muaj kev vam meej nrog Red Sox, uas tau txais nws ib nrab ntawm 2018 ntawm txoj kev mus rau qhov kev sib tw thib plaub txij li 86 xyoo drought thiab pom nws hais txog nws txoj haujlwm nrog 11 yeej thiab 195 tawm tsam hauv 182 1/3. innings los pab Boston mus txog ALCS.

Eovaldi tig nws lub peev xwm los ua qee qhov kev ua tau zoo kuj tau ua rau tej yam zoo li qhov tshwm sim yav tsaus ntuj hnub Tuesday thaum tus neeg sab xis tau tsaws nrog Texas Rangers ntawm ob xyoos, $ 34 lab deal uas tuaj yeem them nws txog $ 63 lab yog tias muaj kev xaiv 2025. yog khaws thiab nws mus txog tej yam tseem ceeb rau innings pitched.

Txhua tus neeg uas ua raws li 87-yeej Yankees thiab 84-yeej pab pawg thaum lawv hloov pauv xav tias Eovaldi yuav yog ib feem ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas uas tshwm sim lig rau xyoo 2016 thiab mus rau 2017. Nws nyob hauv nws hnub nyoog-25 thiab hnub nyoog 26-lub caij thaum nws tantalized Cov Yankees ntawm lub sijhawm tsis muaj cov khoom ntaus tab sis kuj tsis sib xws.

Ib ntus Eovaldi tawm mus yog tsib lossis rau qhov kev sib tw nrog peb qhov kev khiav tab sis kuj tseem muaj qee zaum nws tau qhia tias vim li cas Yankees tau txais nws thawj qhov chaw hauv tib lub lag luam uas tseem tsaws Domingo German los ntawm Marlins.

Nws flirted nrog tsis muaj hitters ob peb zaug thiab nws 14-3 cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau hauv 2015 kuj tseem ceeb lub peev xwm. Ib me ntsis dhau ob lub hlis ua ntej tawm tom qab ntsib peb hitters, nws tso cai ob hits hauv rau-ntxiv innings tawm tsam Toronto Blue Jays, uas tau taug kev mus rau qhov thib ob ncaj ALCS zoo li.

Tom qab ntawd muaj qee yam xws li tso cai rau peb hom neeg ncaj ncees uas Eovaldi tau tawm tsam 100-poob Minnesota Twins pab pawg, tib pab pawg uas nws tau ua qhov kev ua si zoo kawg nkaus rau hauv xya tawm tsam.

Rov qab thaum ntawd, Eovaldi yog ib tus neeg pov npav nyuaj uas feem ntau sib xyaw hauv qhov sib cais thiab qhov chaw ntawd ua haujlwm li cas feem ntau hais txog kev tawm mus. Nws tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws raws li qhov cuam tshuam los ntawm Hiroki Kuroda lossis Masahiro Tanaka nrog Yankees tab sis yeej ib feem ntawm nws lub suab sib xyaw.

Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev paub yog tias Eovaldi yuav hloov mus rau hauv kev ua haujlwm ruaj khov nrog Yankees yog tias tsis muaj Tommy John phais hauv 2017. Qhov nws ua tiav tsib lub caij nrog Red Sox yog vim li cas Yankees tau txiav txim siab ntxiv. nws yog Carlos Rodon tsis coj lawv rau xyoo, $ 162 lab deal lub lim tiam dhau los.

Qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv Eovaldi's evolution los ntawm Yankees mus rau Boston tshwm sim nrog nws qhov nkhaus. Hauv 2016 nws plaub-seam fastball nruab nrab yog 97.8 thiab thaum nws rov qab nrog Rays ob xyoos tom qab, nws yog 97.2 thiab los ntawm lub caij dhau los nws yog 95.7.

Lub suab yog Eovaldi qhov kev xaiv tseem ceeb tab sis kuj tau sib xyaw ua ke yog ib qho nkhaus. Eovaldi txoj kev siv curveball yog 4.2 feem pua ​​​​hauv nws xyoo kawg nrog Yankees thiab 3.9 hauv 2018.

Los ntawm 2019, nws tau nce mus rau 17.5 feem pua ​​​​thiab nyob ntawm 17 feem pua ​​​​hauv qhov tsis nco qab (tsis nco qab tiag tiag rau Red Sox) 2020 lub caij sib kis. Nws tau nce mus txog 18.8 feem pua ​​​​hauv xyoo 2021 thiab 18.5 feem pua ​​​​lub caij dhau los thaum sib cais-ntiv tes fastball los ua nws qhov thib ob feem ntau siv suab.

Thiab nrog rau txhua lub caij tom ntej, curveball qhov ua tau zoo tuaj. Hitters batted .235 tawm tsam lub suab hauv 2019 tab sis peb lub caij tom ntej, Eovaldi's curveball tuav hitters mus rau .169 cim (38-rau-225).

Los tawm rau rau lub caij poob ncaj, Rangers tsis tas yuav Eovaldi los ua tus thawj coj zoo li Jacob deGrom thaum lub sijhawm nws coj lub mound rau Mets hauv ob lub caij dhau los. Lawv tsuas yog xav tau nws los ua tus nyob ruaj khov uas nws nyob hauv Boston, cov qauv ntawm lub pitcher lub Yankees vam tias lawv yuav pom ua ntej Tommy John kev phais cuam tshuam.