Spring training results should be taken with a grain of salt but we’ll take any crumb of optimism we can find when it comes to Nathan Eovaldi. The Boston Red Sox are counting on the right-hander to help stabilize their thin rotation despite that he’s recovering from a season plagued by injury and poor performance. The early returns this spring have been encouraging with Eovaldi flashing the talent that made him appealing to begin with.
Eovaldi was sharp on Sunday, carving up the Atlanta Braves over three scoreless innings. The only base runner he allowed was a harmless infield single with two outs in the third and he struck out four batters.