Rangers give All-Star bonus to snubbed Eovaldi

Despite an fantabulous archetypal fractional to the season, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi wasn't selected arsenic an All-Star this year, but the squad made definite that he'll beryllium paid similar one.

Despite the snub, Eovaldi was fixed the $100,000 All-Star bonus successful his declaration by the Rangers aft helium posted a 1.58 ERA with 94 strikeouts implicit 91 innings. Teammate Jacob deGrom, who was selected arsenic an All-Star, besides received a $100,000 bonus.

Eovaldi, successful his 15th large league season, would pb the majors successful ERA, but aft missing a period owed to a triceps injury, helium fell six innings abbreviated of the indispensable 97 innings to suffice among leaders for idiosyncratic statistical categories.

The right-hander ranks 2nd lone to Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal among MLB starting pitchers successful WHIP (0.85) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.71). Opposing batters are hitting a paltry .194 with a .237 on-base percentage, .286 slugging percent and .523 OPS against Eovaldi.

Eovaldi, a two-time All-Star, won his 3rd consecutive crippled connected Sunday to amended to 7-3, giving up 5 hits and a tally with 8 strikeouts successful 7 2/3 innings against the Houston Astros.