Admin Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Buster Olney of ESPN reports that the Rays have agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with Nathan Eovaldi. The deal also includes incentives and a club option for 2018. Eovaldi is expected to miss the entire 2017 campaign while recovering from Tommy John surgery. It makes sense as a nice low-risk signing for the Rays, though he won't have any impact this season. RotoWorld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanmarlin Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Of course he's not better than Locke,right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Of course he's not better than Locke,right ? Locke will be better than Eovaldi in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Locke will be better than Eovaldi in 2017. Not a guarantee, he could have a negative WAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanmarlin Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Locke will be better than Eovaldi in 2017. Just can't wait to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Just can't wait to see it. He said it cause Eovaldi won't pitch in 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanmarlin Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 He said it cause Eovaldi won't pitch in 2017 Sorry,it's my fault to forget his season ending elbow surgery last season,so the Rays just do something that the Athletics do in the Hendo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Not a guarantee, he could have a negative WAR Would be so Marlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SongInTheAir Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Can you imagine signing a NEW contract to not do your job for a year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanmarlin Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Can you imagine signing a NEW contract to not do your job for a year? I just don't believe the Rays would be stupid enough to give millions dollars of guaranteed money to a pitcher that guaranteed wouldn't pitched in a full season,so I think it would be like the case of Hendo,teams give them major league contracts due to the possibility of contributions to the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I just don't believe the Rays would be stupid enough to give millions dollars of guaranteed money to a pitcher that guaranteed wouldn't pitched in a full season,so I think it would be like the case of Hendo,teams give them major league contracts due to the possibility of contributions to the team. No, he won't pitch this season. The idea was he's a potentially high reward - low risk guy. By doing this, they get him on a club option for 2 million in 2018. Some team was going to give him that, they decided it was worth throwing away the 2 million this year to lock him up in 2018 at 2 mil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanmarlin Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 No, he won't pitch this season. The idea was he's a potentially high reward - low risk guy. By doing this, they get him on a club option for 2 million in 2018. Some team was going to give him that, they decided it was worth throwing away the 2 million this year to lock him up in 2018 at 2 mil. Yea,it's just like a 1 year / 4 million contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piazza31 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I just don't believe the Rays would be stupid enough to give millions dollars of guaranteed money to a pitcher that guaranteed wouldn't pitched in a full season,so I think it would be like the case of Hendo,teams give them major league contracts due to the possibility of contributions to the team. They have to overpay to get talent there. He'll get healthy with Tampa- he'll pitch a few games and show great potential and they'll sell high on him for prospects to a needy team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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