BOSTON, MA— The Boston Red Sox today placed right-handed pitcher Nathan Eovaldi on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to August 26) due to a right calf strain. To fill Eovaldi’s spot on the active roster, the club recalled right-handed pitcher **Chris Mazza **from the Alternate Training Site.
Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom made the announcement.
The Red Sox have 28 players on their active roster, 39 on their 40-man roster, and 60 in their Club Player Pool.
Eovaldi, 30, made his first career Opening Day start this season, his second full season in the Red Sox organization. The right-hander has made six starts in 2020, going 2-2 with 4.98 ERA (19 ER/34.1 IP) and leading the Red Sox in strikeouts (33). In his most recent start on August 20 at Camden Yards, Eovaldi limited the Orioles to one run on five hits and one walk over a season-high 7.0 innings, striking out six. He is 48-56 with a 4.32 ERA (457 ER/952.0 IP) in 185 career outings (166 starts) between the Dodgers (2011-12), Marlins (2012-14), Yankees (2015-16), Rays (2018), and Red Sox (2018-20).
Mazza, 30, will start for the Red Sox tonight against the Nationals. He has made two appearances—both at Yankee Stadium—for the Red Sox this season, throwing 2.2 scoreless innings of relief on August 1 before making his first career start on August 16. He is in his first season in the Red Sox organization, having been claimed off waivers from the New York Mets on December 20, 2019. In 11 major league appearances between the Mets (2019) and Red Sox (2020), the right-hander is 1-2 with a 5.73 ERA (14 ER/22.0 IP). Selected by the Twins in the 27th round of the 2011 June Draft, Mazza is a third-cousin of Dom and Joe DiMaggio.