The Red Sox are filter out of playoff competition, however Nathan Eovaldi doesn’t appear to care.
Eovaldi remains to be planning on coming back from a shoulder harm earlier than the top of the season, supervisor Alex Cora advised reporters in New York on Sunday.
“Nate feels good today, there’s a good chance he’ll be with us towards the end of the week,” Cora advised reporters. “We’ll see how we’ll do it. Probably piggyback him with Rich (Hill).”
Hill is scheduled to start out Wednesday, whereas Eovaldi final pitched for Triple-A Worcester in a rehab begin on Friday.
He gave up three earned runs in three innings towards the Syracuse Mets on Friday. Mets first baseman Dominic Smith homered off him.
It was a messy begin and his velocity stays down. He maxed out at 96 mph, in response to the Woo Sox. When wholesome, Eovaldi usually touches 100 mph.
It’s the identical story as when he returned from an harm mid-summer. He was rushed again to start out towards the Yankees simply earlier than the All-Star break, however hasn’t seemed proper since.
But Eovaldi is quickly to be a free agent and has apparent incentive to get again on the mound and show to be a worthy candidate for a giant contract this low season.
The 32-year-old has struggled to remain wholesome for a lot of his profession, though he did make 32 begins final 12 months, simply the second time in his profession he crossed the 30-start threshold.
If he returns Wednesday, he may make two appearances earlier than the season ends.
“He feels like everything went well Friday and he feels good,” Cora advised reporters in New York.
First base questions
Eovaldi isn’t the one injured Red Sox participant attempting to make a remaining look earlier than the offseason begins.
Injured first baseman Eric Hosmer can be hoping to play earlier than the season ends and Cora advised reporters there’s probability he seems in a recreation by the top of the week.
Hosmer has been out since Aug. 20 with a again harm. He has incentive to get again too; whereas he’s not a free agent, he’s a candidate to be designated for task if the Red Sox must clear room on their 40-man roster this winter.
The 32-year-old Hosmer is being paid everything of his wage over the subsequent three years by the Padres, however with a .715 OPS this 12 months, it stays to be seen if there’s a giant league crew that may have a roster spot for him.
The Red Sox have clearly turned their consideration to Triston Casas, the 22-year-old high prospect who has proven a complicated plate method since his call-up in early September.
He’s walked 12 occasions to only 14 strikeouts in 17 video games coming into Sunday.
“I think discipline comes with a trickle-down effect,” Casas advised MLB.com on Sunday. “I don’t think I’m going to come into the league and they’re just going to attack me with fastballs, and I’m going to hit home runs and they’re going to be scared to pitch to me. I think they’re going to work the edges and try to see how much I’ll chase, how far I’ll go off, and then if I keep chasing after it, they’re not going to attack me with anything in the zone. I think if I display that discipline for the edges, they’ll come to the middle of the zone eventually.”
Odds and ends
Alex Verdugo and Rafael Devers had been held out of the Sox’ lineup on Sunday night time. Both hit left-handed and Cora felt prefer it was a troublesome matchup for them towards Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes.
The Red Sox entered Sunday night time simply 6-12 towards the Yankees this 12 months. They’ve been outscored 103-76, although 10 of these video games have been determined by one run. This is simply the fifth time in historical past there have been as many as 10 one-run video games between the Sox and Yankees in a season. The file is 11, set in 1914.
Xander Bogaerts entered Sunday main the American League with a .315 common, although Aaron Judge was shut behind at .314. The Red Sox and Yankees haven’t every had a participant end within the high two spots in batting common since 1999: Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Jeter. It additionally occurred in 1998 (Bernie Williams and Mo Vaughn) and 1986 (Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly).
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