This is much is confirmed: Nathan Eovaldi will get the start in a game this World Series. Which game, though, is still to be determined.
Asked during pregame media availabilty Wednesday afternoon about how comfortable having the flame-throwing righty in the bullpen has made him, and whether he'd be tempted to leave him there, Cora quickly corrected the reporter, "No, he'll start."
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"He's going to start a game in the World Series," Cora continued. "Which game, we don't know. It's either 3 or 4. We've been talking about it the whole postseason, we're all in today. And if there's a window we feel is a good matchup for him, we'll use him and then we'll make adjustments. Same thing with Rick [Porcello], if we feel there's a matchup out there that we feel is good for Rick, we'll use him and adjust for 3 and 4.
"His [Eovaldi's] stuff, I've been saying all along, probably the best in the playoffs as far as like pitchers. He's throwing 101, 102, cutters at 95 and attacking the strike zone like no others. I mentioned about Charlie Morton last year, what he did throughout the playoffs and it seems like Nate, he's becoming that guy."
Certainly, Eovaldi has earned a World Series start. In four appearances this postseason -- two of them out of the bullpen -- he's 2-0 with a 1.76 ERA in 15 1/3 innings, including a gem of an outing at Yankee Stadium in Game 3 of the ALDS that gave Boston a 2-1 advantage over New York.
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