Awards are important to players and fans, and the Red Sox may have one in righty Nathan Eovaldi. Eovaldi is in the mix for the coveted American League Cy Young Award, and for the worshipers of WAR, the hard thrower is now number one in the AL with a 5.6 fWAR.
On Sunday, Eovaldi and the main competitor Gerrit Cole both took the hill. Cole, leading the league with 15 wins, got crushed by the Cleveland Indians, allowing seven earned runs. Before that meltdown, Cole was tops in WAR, with Eovaldi slightly behind.