MLB Exec: Rangers Should Trade Max Scherzer Back to Mets, Nathan Eovaldi to Red Sox

One MLB executive believes the Texas Rangers should deal a pair of starting pitchers ahead of the trade deadline.

Per ESPN's Jesse Rogers, the executive suggested the Rangers trade Max Scherzer and Nathan Eovaldi.

"Trade either Eovaldi or Scherzer or both," the executive said.

The executive also offered a suggestion for where Texas should move the two pitchers, and it would reunite them with their former teams.

"Aren't the Mets already paying Scherzer? Sure, they'd have to give up a prospect to get him back but that could be a fun boost to their team," the exec said. "And I think Eovaldi back to the Red Sox would be a good move as well. His option for 2025 isn't going to vest so he and Scherzer would be pure rentals."

The suggestions come amid a sluggish first half of the season for the Rangers after they won the World Series last year. Given the two aces' contract situations, moving them before the deadline could be in the best interest of Texas' future.

Scherzer will be a free agent in 2025 after playing on a player option in 2024, while Eovaldi has a vesting option next season, so bringing them back isn't a guarantee this offseason.

For both the Mets and Red Sox, adding a veteran arm to the rotation could pay dividends as the two teams look to make a deep postseason run. New York currently ranks 20th in team ERA at 4.18 on the season while Boston ranks 12th with a 3.80 team ERA.

Scherzer, who will turn 40 this week, has missed much of the season while dealing with a nerve injury. In his six appearances this year, he's recorded 24 strikeouts, a 3.99 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP.

Eovaldi is having one of the best seasons of his career so far with 104 strikeouts, a 3.31 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP in 18 starts.

A postseason appearance isn't off the table for the Rangers just yet, but another World Series run seems unlikely. Trading the veteran aces in return for younger prospects could be beneficial in the long run.