Nathan Eovaldi

Nathan Eovaldi will start on Sunday against the Padres.

Fantasy Impact

Eovaldi was scratched with knee soreness on Saturday. He will be good to go on Sunday.

Nathan Eovaldi was scratched from his scheduled start against the Padres on Saturday due to left knee soreness.

Fantasy Impact

It appears to be a minor injury for Eovaldi, but the Rangers will play it safe. MacKenzie Gore will move up a day to start on Saturday.

Eovaldi has a 4.23 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and 83:21 K:BB across 87.1 innings over 14 starts this season and faces San Diego tentatively on Saturday. He has completed at least seven innings in seven of those 14 starts.

Fantasy Impact

Sunday's outing included two solo homers by Willson Contreras as the only real damage, with Eovaldi finishing with six strikeouts across seven innings for his sixth win of the season.

Eovaldi has a 4.26 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 77:20 K:BB across 80.1 innings over 13 starts this season and has allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last three outings. Four scoreless innings Tuesday against Kansas City gave way to a Jac Caglianone solo homer in the fifth, and the sixth inning produced two doubles and a triple before Eovaldi was pulled with two outs and charged with three more runs.

Fantasy Impact

He generated just six whiffs and struck out three — tying a season low — across 5.2 innings in the loss.

Eovaldi has a 4.10 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 74:17 K:BB across 74.2 innings this season and faces Kansas City in his next start. Tuesday marked his seventh consecutive start completing six innings, though a season-high 11 hits accompanied the outing.

Fantasy Impact

He entered the seventh inning in line for both the win and a quality start before allowing four straight baserunners, two runs scoring to tie the game and force his exit. Eovaldi generated 14 whiffs and threw 66 of 93 pitches for strikes, finishing with seven strikeouts across six innings in the no-decision.