Nathan Eovaldi Snubs AL All-Star Team, Yet Scores Mysterious $100K Bonus—What’s Behind the Payoff?
Nathan Eovaldi’s excellent first half wasn’t good enough to earn him a trip to Atlanta for the All-Star Game, but the Texas Rangers rewarded the veteran right-handed for his performance so far this season.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Rangers paid the 35-year-old Eovaldi his $100,000 All-Star appearance bonus even though he was left off of the American League roster.
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Through 16 starts this season, Eovaldi is 7-3 with a 1.58 ERA, 0.85 WHIP and a .194 opponent batting average over 91 innings. He would be the MLB ERA leader, but a triceps injury in late May cost him a month and he is short of the 97 innings needed to qualify for individual statistic categories.
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