Veteran starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is putting up one of the best seasons of his career this year. The Texans Rangers right-hander has started 16 games this season, going 7–3 with a 1.58 ERA and 94 strikeouts. Outside of missing a couple weeks due to injury, he has been stellar, and if he were to continue this pace, the 35-year-old would record easily the best ERA of his lengthy career.
Despite Eovaldi's strong start to the season, he was not named to the MLB All-Star team. Eovaldi has been named an All-Star twice in his career, in 2021 and '23, but did not get the nod this time, partially because he pitched Sunday and was thus not eligible to be selected as a replacement once he didn’t make the initial roster. Instead, pitchers Tarik Skubal, Hunter Brown, Kris Bubic, Garrett Crochet, Jacob deGrom, Max Fried, Yusei Kikuchi, Casey Mize, Drew Rasmussen, Carols Rodón, Joe Ryan, Shane Smith and Bryan Woo were the pitchers who ended up suiting up for the American League this year.
