by Hollywood Sports
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025Nathan Eovaldi closed out the month of April by getting the ball to make his seventh start of the season at home against the Athletics. He had a 2-2 record along with a 2.21 ERA and a .074 WHIP in his first six starts.
The deeper sabermetrics confirmed his outstanding start as both his SIERA and xFIP project an ERA of 2.59 and 2.62 moving forward. The right-hander is relying less on his four-seam fastball that has lost a bit of its oomph and instead uses his splitter and curveball more which are good swing-and-miss pitches for him. The 35-year-old is a crafty veteran who throws four different pitchers to left-handed hitters and five different pitchers to right-handed hitters.
Giving up the long-ball has been a problem in the past but he has served up only three gopher balls this season. The 0.74 home runs per nine innings is his lowest since matching that mark in 2021 — and the last time he gave up fewer homer runs was back in 2015.
Eovaldi had struck out 38 batters and only issued three walks. His 27.1% strikeout rate is a career-high — and the 2.1% walk-rate is a career-low. He is combining this efficiency with a ground rate of 49.5% of all the batted balls against him.
Last season, he was more effective at home for the Rangers where he enjoyed a 3.63 ERA along with a 0.98 WHIP and an opponent’s batting average of .211 in 16 starts as opposed to his 4.01 ERA along with a 1.27 WHIP and an opponent’s batting average of .251.
Eovaldi continued his strong start to the season by allowing only one run in six innings of work. He gave up only six base hits — and he continued to rack up strikeouts while being stingy in issuing bases on balls. He struck out eight batters and did not walk a batter. He now has 46 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings with a mere three bases-on-balls.
Unfortunately, he left the game with the score tied at 1-1 before the Rangers’ bullpen let him down by giving up six runs in the top of the ninth inning in what was a 7-1 loss. Texas had been getting great pitching as they had not allowed more than three runs in five straight games. Their bullpen has been rock steady with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP before tonight’s game. After scoring 15 runs last night against the Athletics, the Rangers hitters could not support Eovaldi’s strong effort in this one.
Eovaldi goes into May with a 2-2 record along with a 2.11 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP. He has enjoyed hot stretches throughout his career — but consistency has held him back from taking his game to the next level. His best season when it comes to ERA was in his rookie year in 2013 when he posted a 3.39 ERA in 106 1/3 innings. He registered his best WHIP last year for the Rangers with that 1.11 mark referenced above.
There are still five months to go in the regular season, but Eovaldi has put himself in a position to post his best numbers in his 13-year career.
Best of luck — Frank.
The deeper sabermetrics confirmed his outstanding start as both his SIERA and xFIP project an ERA of 2.59 and 2.62 moving forward. The right-hander is relying less on his four-seam fastball that has lost a bit of its oomph and instead uses his splitter and curveball more which are good swing-and-miss pitches for him. The 35-year-old is a crafty veteran who throws four different pitchers to left-handed hitters and five different pitchers to right-handed hitters.
Giving up the long-ball has been a problem in the past but he has served up only three gopher balls this season. The 0.74 home runs per nine innings is his lowest since matching that mark in 2021 — and the last time he gave up fewer homer runs was back in 2015.
Eovaldi had struck out 38 batters and only issued three walks. His 27.1% strikeout rate is a career-high — and the 2.1% walk-rate is a career-low. He is combining this efficiency with a ground rate of 49.5% of all the batted balls against him.
Last season, he was more effective at home for the Rangers where he enjoyed a 3.63 ERA along with a 0.98 WHIP and an opponent’s batting average of .211 in 16 starts as opposed to his 4.01 ERA along with a 1.27 WHIP and an opponent’s batting average of .251.
Eovaldi continued his strong start to the season by allowing only one run in six innings of work. He gave up only six base hits — and he continued to rack up strikeouts while being stingy in issuing bases on balls. He struck out eight batters and did not walk a batter. He now has 46 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings with a mere three bases-on-balls.
Unfortunately, he left the game with the score tied at 1-1 before the Rangers’ bullpen let him down by giving up six runs in the top of the ninth inning in what was a 7-1 loss. Texas had been getting great pitching as they had not allowed more than three runs in five straight games. Their bullpen has been rock steady with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP before tonight’s game. After scoring 15 runs last night against the Athletics, the Rangers hitters could not support Eovaldi’s strong effort in this one.
Eovaldi goes into May with a 2-2 record along with a 2.11 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP. He has enjoyed hot stretches throughout his career — but consistency has held him back from taking his game to the next level. His best season when it comes to ERA was in his rookie year in 2013 when he posted a 3.39 ERA in 106 1/3 innings. He registered his best WHIP last year for the Rangers with that 1.11 mark referenced above.
There are still five months to go in the regular season, but Eovaldi has put himself in a position to post his best numbers in his 13-year career.
Best of luck — Frank.
