The Rangers have named Nathan Eovaldi their Opening Day starter, the first pitcher since 2009 to start consecutive Opening Days for Texas.

The Rangers named Eovaldi as their starter against the Red Sox for Opening Day on March 27. It'll be the fifth Opening Day start of Eovaldi's career and his second straight for Texas. The veteran right-hander is still getting on track in spring training with seven runs allowed over nine frames,

This is the second consecutive year that the Rangers will have Eovaldi as their Opening Day starter. He held the Chicago Cubs to two runs in six innings on Opening Day last year i