Nathan Eovaldi was pulled from a no-hit bid on Wednesday night for precautionary purposes.
Eovaldi was activated from the 60-day DL on Wednesday to make his return from Tommy John surgery. His return was almost as good as it gets.
Eovaldi walked one and did not allow a hit over six scoreless innings for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Oakland A’s. He was pulled after throwing 70 pitches, 46 of which were strikes.
Considering that the 28-year-old has had two Tommy John surgeries and was just making his long-awaited return to action, the precaution from Tampa Bay makes complete sense. They don’t want to damage someone who could be good trade bait this season.
Eovaldi has a 4.23 ERA and 38-46 record for his career.
