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Red Sox signing Corey Kluber to $10 million contract

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The Red Sox did not pony up to keep Nathan Eovaldi, and now they’re hoping a former Cy Young winner still has enough left in the tank.

A day after Eovaldi agreed to a two-year, $34 million contract with the Rangers, Boston agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with Corey Kluber on Wednesday, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. The deal includes a 2024 option worth $11 million plus incentives.

Kluber, who turns 37 on April 10, made 31 starts for the Rays last season, pitching to a 4.34 ERA with 139 strikeouts in 164 innings. He made 16 starts for the Yankees in 2021, notching 82 strikeouts in 80 innings with a 3.83 ERA; he pitched a no-hitter against the Rangers that season.

A two-time Cy Young winner and three-time All-Star during his nine seasons in Cleveland, Kluber was limited to seven starts in 2019 and one start in 2020 (with the Rangers) due to injuries. That followed a dominant five-year run from 2014-18, in which he eclipsed 203 innings and 222 strikeouts in each season.

Corey Kluber pitching for the Rays on Sept. 27, 2022.
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Eovaldi, 32, spent the last four-plus seasons with the Red Sox. He had a 3.87 ERA with 103 strikeouts in 109 ⅓ innings in 2022.

The Red Sox have been under scrutiny this offseason, particularly with regard to not paying up to keep star shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who signed an 11-year, $280 million contract with the Padres.

They did sign Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida to a five-year, $90 million contract, which included a $15.4 million posting fee, but baseball evaluators polled by ESPN indicated that the Red Sox overpaid for Yoshida.

Nathan Eovaldi pitching for the Red Sox on Oct. 4, 2022.
Nathan Eovaldi pitching for the Red Sox on Oct. 4, 2022.
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Boston has also signed closer Kenley Jansen to a two-year, $32 million contract, reliever Chris Martin to a two-year, $17.5 million deal, and veteran infielder Justin Turner to a two-year, $22 million deal. Slugger J.D. Martinez left to take a one-year, $10 million deal with the Dodgers.

Teams have also been reaching out to Boston inquiring about oft-injured ace Chris Sale, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported this week.

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