Nathan Eovaldi

Bats R Throws R6'2" 217 lbBorn 1990 Houston, USADebut 2011Team TEX2x All-StarDraft 2008 R11 #337 Los Angeles Dodgers, Alvin HSContract 3 y/$75M (25-27) 2026: $29,000,000

Awards: All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	524	22.4	5.6	3.02	20.1	6.77	108.1
2027							106.0
2028							104.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 105 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Lance Lynn	2022	104.5	90.3	808
2	J. A. Happ	2018	101.2	95.4	678
3	Kyle Lohse	2014	100.6	86.6	665
4	Ted Lilly	2011	105.2	117.6	202
5	Charlie Morton	2019	100.0	95.5	170
6	Tim Hudson	2011	107.1	108.0	749
7	Zack Greinke	2019	108.9	104.8	273
8	Max Scherzer	2020	110.8	121.5	693
9	Merrill Kelly	2024	103.7	107.5	748
10	Justin Verlander	2018	110.2	124.8	847

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	TEX	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	TEX	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	TEX	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	BOS	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	BOS	32	3	1	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333	37.2
2020	BOS	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	BOS	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.6
2018	BOS	23	10	2	1	1	1	7	0.111	0.200	0.111	0.311	-9.5
2016	NYY	24	7	0	0	0	1	4	0.000	0.167	0.000	0.167	-45.9
2015	NYY	27	5	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.0
2014	MIA	33	64	1	5	0	1	36	0.089	0.105	0.089	0.195	-70.9
2013	MIA	18	35	1	2	1	1	17	0.065	0.094	0.065	0.158	-79.8
2012	MIA	22	36	2	3	0	1	20	0.094	0.121	0.094	0.215	-54.2
2011	LAD	10	12	1	1	0	1	9	0.091	0.167	0.091	0.258	-33.1
Career		317	174	9	12	2	7	97	0.078	0.119	0.078	0.197	-62.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									524				106.0
2026*									554				98.5	99.2	97.7
2025	TEX	11	3	1.73	22	22	0	130.0	496	10	21	129	122.2	101.5	123.7
2024	TEX	12	8	3.80	29	29	0	170.7	696	23	42	166	104.9	99.2	104.1
2023	TEX	12	5	3.62	25	25	0	144.0	577	15	47	132	109.0	99.1	108.1
2022	BOS	6	3	3.87	20	20	0	109.3	460	21	20	103	98.2	99.1	97.3
2021	BOS	11	9	3.75	32	32	0	182.3	764	15	35	195	107.5	103.0	110.6
2020	BOS	4	2	3.72	9	9	0	48.3	199	8	7	52	97.3	100.6	97.9
2019	BOS	2	1	5.99	23	12	0	67.7	302	16	35	70	85.3	99.7	85.0
2018	BOS	6	7	3.81	22	21	0	111.0	455	14	20	101	107.2	103.0	110.2
2016	NYY	9	8	4.76	24	21	0	124.7	525	23	40	97	97.7	98.3	96.0
2015	NYY	14	3	4.20	27	27	0	154.3	673	10	49	121	99.2	99.0	98.2
2014	MIA	6	14	4.37	33	33	0	199.7	854	14	43	142	96.1
2013	MIA	4	6	3.39	18	18	0	106.3	451	7	40	78	104.2
2012	MIA	4	13	4.30	22	22	0	119.3	526	10	47	78	92.9
2011	LAD	1	2	3.63	10	6	0	34.7	146	2	20	23	102.7
Career		102	84	3.89	316	297	0	1702.3	7124	188	466	1487	102.3		102.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	3	70.3	-37.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	20.0	0.039	0.039	0.254
2019	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.141	0.141	0.127
2018	10	84.1	3.2	0.0	50.0	55.6	14.3	0.077	0.084	0.134
2016	7	82.9	-20.7		0.0	38.5	14.3	0.014	0.014	0.125
2015	5	100.4	0.3	0.0	66.7	0.0	30.0	0.251	0.272	0.234

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	P	22	130	23	10	1	1	0.971	+0.9
2024	TEX	P	29	171	29	8	1	0	0.974	-0.7
2023	TEX	P	25	144	22	12	0	1	1.000	-0.7
2022	BOS	P	20	109	12	7	1	2	0.950	-0.5
2021	BOS	P	32	182	13	23	0	2	1.000	+2.8
2020	BOS	P	9	48	2	7	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2019	BOS	P	23	68	8	8	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2018	BOS	P	22	111	7	17	0	1	1.000	+1.7
2016	NYY	P	24	125	6	14	1	0	0.952	-1.1
2015	NYY	P	27	154	10	20	0	2	1.000	-0.8
2014	MIA	P	33	200	21	31	1	2	0.981
2013	MIA	P	18	106	8	20	2	1	0.933
2012	MIA	P	22	119	7	16	0	1	1.000
2011	LAD	P	10	35	1	7	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2011	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.208	0.477
2022	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	30	6.0 IP, 27% K	7.50
2018	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	22	4.0 IP, 27% K	18.00
2018	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	24	6.0 IP, 29% K	4.50
2013	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Pit	51	11.2 IP, 18% K	5.62
2013	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Pit	36	9.0 IP, 17% K	3.00
2012	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Pit	141	35.0 IP, 21% K	3.09
2011	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Pit	427	103.0 IP, 23% K	2.62
2010	A+	Inland Empire 66ers	Pit	369	85.0 IP, 16% K	4.45
2010	Rk	AZL Dodgers	Pit	34	8.1 IP, 29% K	4.44
2010	Rk	nan	Pit	53	13.1 IP, 26% K	3.44
2009	A	Great Lakes Loons	Pit	417	96.1 IP, 17% K	3.28
2008	Rk	GCL Dodgers	Pit	33	8.0 IP, 27% K	1.12
2008	Rk	nan	Pit	41	10.2 IP, 27% K	0.88

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021	0.000	0.350	0.233
2019		0.000	0.000
2018	0.000	0.229	0.160
2016	0.350	0.000	0.117
2015	0.000	0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	0	0
2018	6	2	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	11	2	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	5	0	2.98	6	6	36.2	31	3	10	41	1.13
2021	2	2	4.79	5	4	20.7	19	2	5	25	1.16
2018	2	1	1.61	6	2	22.3	15	1	3	16	0.81
Career	9	3	3.07	17	12	79.2	65	6	18	82	1.05

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYY	$5,600,000
2015	NYY	$3,300,000
2014	MIA	$517,000
2013	MIA	$502,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.