The moves keep happening at the Winter Meetings, as FanSided’s Robert Murray is reporting that the Texas Rangers are bringing back right-hander Nathan Eovaldi on a three-year pact worth $75 million. ESPN’s Jeff Passan added the contract figures while Murray was first to report the signing.

Eovaldi returns to Texas after signing a two-year deal with the Rangers during the 2022/2023 offseason and declining a player option to test free agent waters this winter.

Across 13 seasons, the 34-year-old has suited up for six different organizations and has experienced all the highs and lows that come with being a big-league starter.

Injuries have sent him to the sidelines throughout his career, which includes two Tommy John surgeries, shoulder inflammation, and a forearm strain in 2023 to go along with a minor groin ailment in 2024. Despite the recent injuries, he still made 54 starts for Texas as well as six starts in the 2023 postseason.

Since joining the Rangers, Eovaldi has proven to be a mid-to-top rotation arm that can thrive in the right environment. He posted a 3.72 ERA across 54 starts and 314 2/3 innings with Texas and sported a collective 8.5 K/9 while also collecting his second All-Star nomination in 2023. The right-hander still sits in the mid-90s with his fastball and pairs it well with his split-finger offering, which ranked in the 90th percentile last season in offspeed run value (+5).

Eovaldi fit the bill for quite a few different organizations this winter but the Texas product decided to return to the Rangers for another go around. He wasn’t tied to draft pick compensation, making him that much more enticing, and he earns a rather sizeable pay increase over the $20 million he turned down originally from Texas through the player option.

Various projections had him in the $22 million AAV range so the $25 million mark he earned is not far off, and also shows that the going rate for starters this winter is at a premium.