Texas Rangers ace is expected to miss the remainder of the season due to a rotator cuff strain, team president of baseball operations Chris Young announced Tuesday. The injury news comes just a day before Eovaldi was slated to start against the Los Angeles Angels, where he had another chance to reclaim the MLB lead in ERA.
Eovaldi has been dominant this year, posting an 11-3 record with a career-best 1.73 ERA and 129 strikeouts over 22 starts. Despite his stellar performance, he was left off the American League All-Star roster and fell short of qualifying for the ERA leaderboard earlier in the season after missing much of June with elbow inflammation. He briefly led MLB in ERA after throwing seven strong innings against Cleveland last Friday, but fell below the innings threshold once the Rangers played again.
The Alvin, Texas native is in his third season with his home-state team and signed a three-year, \$75 million extension last December. At 35, he has logged a 102-84 career record with a 3.84 ERA across 14 MLB seasons, pitching for the Dodgers, Marlins, Yankees, Rays and Red Sox before joining Texas. Eovaldi also won World Series titles with Boston in 2018 and Texas in 2023.
His absence is a major setback for a Rangers team currently sitting at 66-67 and outside the playoff picture with roughly a month left in the 2025 regular season.
