Red Sox Reportedly Pulled Offer For Nathan Eovaldi After Spending Elsewhere

'I think there was more than meets the eye with Eovaldi'

Scott Neville | Dec 30, 2022

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From the start of the offseason, fans clamored for the Boston Red Sox to re-sign right-hander Nathan Eovaldi.

The organization appeared to have no intentions of doing so, at least once the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings commenced.

"I think there was more than meets the eye with Eovaldi," MLB.com's Ian Browne told ITM Podcast's Steve Perrault and Joey Copponi. "I think that he did want to come back and negotiations got a little messy.

"It sounds like they made him what was a good offer earlier in the offseason and (his agents) weren't ready to take it, they were like: 'this market could blow up.' The market never did blow up.

"It sounds like from some of what I've heard, Eovaldi's camp came back to the Red Sox and said 'okay, can we still get that offer back?' (The Red Sox) said no. That was after they got Masataka Yoshida, Kenley Jansen and Chris Martin."

It was reported in November that the Red Sox gave Eovaldi a multi-year offer alongside his qualifying offer -- the latter being more of a formality.

Browne gave some exclusive behind-the-scenes information regarding the ebbs and flows of what ultimately was an unsuccessful negotiation on the latest edition of the ITM Podcast.

Unfortunately, the more we hear regarding Boston's antics, the worse it gets. Based on this report Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom correctly read the market, and made a fair and competitive offer.

The only issue was that he reportedly took it back for seemingly no reason.

Boston remains far under the luxury tax, and had made no additions to the rotation when Bloom reportedly rescinded the offer.

A very strange and disappointing Red Sox offseason gets more and more frustrating with each report.

But hey, at least they have Corey Kluber.

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Published Dec 30, 2022

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu