Nathan Eovaldi on re-signing with Texas, getting back to the postseason

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The Rangers re-signed clubhouse leader and all-around great pitcher Nathan Eovaldi this week, and he joined the K&C Masterpiece to discuss his decision to return to the place he's spent the last two seasons. They also discussed what it'll take for the Rangers to get back tot he postseason after missing out the year after winning the World Series.

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00:00What was it that made you say, I have to be back with this club, with this organization?

00:21Again, you know, we were able to come over there in 23.

00:25I saw the guys that we had, and we were able to win a World Series, and I don't feel like

00:28much has changed from that.

00:29I know last year we didn't play well, and we didn't play up to our standards, but I

00:34feel like that was just, you know, I feel like we all kind of struggled at the same

00:38time, right?

00:39We were never able to get back on page.

00:42You know, this year coming back, you know, see why I spoke about the vision that he has

00:46for the team, and what it's going to take for us to win, and we've got ownership back

00:49in him, and you know, I feel like we're going to be back to where we were in 23, and we're

00:53going to be surprising a lot of people again.

00:56You know, I feel like our division's up for grabs.

00:59You know, I feel like we've got a great opportunity to go out there and win a lot of games.

01:03So that was very intriguing for me to come back, and you know, you've got DeGrom healthy,

01:08ready to go, and you've got Tyler Mallory, who's going to be back, and you've got Rocker

01:11and Leiter.

01:12You know, I talk about the, you know, the benefits from a losing season, right?

01:18You're going to have young guys who come up who, you know, they get to perform, and they

01:21may not have had, you know, that opportunity if we were winning a bunch of ballgames, but

01:25you know, obviously they're going to help us.

01:27They're going to help, and they're going to contribute down the road, and you know,

01:31they're going to be ready for it this time around.

01:33So I know you watch bullpens of your teammates, and I remember being in spring training with

01:39the Phillies and watching Billy Wagner, and I thought to myself, how does any human being

01:43ever touch a baseball off of Billy Wagner?

01:46You just mentioned Jacob DeGrom.

01:48When you watch guys throw bullpens, is he the most impressive guy that you watch standing

01:54behind and watch his stuff?

01:57I would say so.

01:58I mean, you know, we have all the data and everything in the track, man.

02:01You get the strike zones right there.

02:02He doesn't throw any pitches down the middle.

02:04I mean, he locates everything at the bottom of the zone.

02:07I mean, in his bullpens, it's crisp, it's clean.

02:11You know, he's like, he works on his changeup that he doesn't throw as much, and it's nasty.

02:14He throws some curveballs.

02:15He doesn't throw in the games, and they're nasty, and then you see the slider in the

02:18fastball, but it's not only are all of his pitches electric, but he locates them.

02:24I mean, it starts in the bullpen, and it's really fun to watch because, you know, he'll

02:28throw a pitch, and he's big on it.

02:29He'll be, oh, terrible, oh, the worst, and it's, you know, 95 on the black, just not

02:35at the bottom corner on the black.

02:37It's just on the black middle away, and it's fun to watch, and nice to be able to give

02:42him a hard time about the little things like that, too.

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