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Rangers Notes: Without Nathan Eovaldi, Texas Can Turn to These Options

Texas Rangers On SI·Matt Postins·21 days ago
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Nathan Eovaldi missing Monday’s game due to left side discomfort may be nothing for the Texas Rangers. Or, it may be something. Texas went the abundance of caution route by scratching him from his scheduled start and sending him to get scans of the area. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker didn’t have updates before the game. After the game he said that Eovaldi was day-to-day with left side discomfort. Texas can wait two more days before putting him on the 15-day injured list and back-date it to Monday. The Rangers clearly hope it doesn’t come to that. Eovaldi has been placed on the injured list in each of his first three seasons with the Rangers. Those stretches have ranged from the minimum time to a couple of months. That longer stretch was at the end of last season when he had a rotator cuff issue and a pair of sports hernias. Texas had starting pitching depth then. Now? The Rangers have options. The easiest is Jacob Latz, who flipped into the rotation when Jacob deGrom had neck stiffness in March.…

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