The Texas Rangers will proceed into the offseason with an ace on the mend.
Rangers right-handed pitcher Nathan Eovaldi underwent surgery to repair a bilateral sports hernia Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the operation confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. DLLS.com first reported the news.
Eovaldi visited a Phoenix-based physician this week to both determine whether he had a sports hernia injury and if an operation was required.
This marks the second consecutive offseason in which a high-profile Rangers player underwent the same procedure. Shortstop Corey Seager underwent two separate sports hernia repair surgeries last year. He missed the majority of spring training after a Jan. 2024 operation. He underwent his second in September of that year but arrived in Surprise, Ariz. with a clean bill of health.
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Eovaldi, 35, performed at a career-best level this season before he was shut down because of a rotator cuff strain with a month left to play. He yielded a 1.73 ERA in 130 innings and was on a Cy Young-caliber pace before he was shut down. Rangers general manager Ross Fenstermaker said last week that Eovaldi’s shoulder has healed fine and that his winter wouldn’t be impacted because of it.
The Rangers signed Eovaldi to a three-year, $75 million contract last winter after his initial two-year deal with the club expired. The Alvin native has a 3.14 ERA in 76 regular season starts with the Rangers and helped anchor their World Series run two years ago.
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