Play like an almost All-Star, get paid like an All-Star.

Despite not making the Midsummer Classic this year, Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi was paid a $100,000 All-Star bonus in his contract, ESPN first reported Wednesday.

That money was well deserved, at least based on his stats. 

Eovaldi has been one of the best arms in baseball this season, as the two-time All-Star has a 7-3 record with a 1.58 ERA and 94 strikeouts over 91 innings. 

Opposing hitters have struggled overall with a .194 average and .237 on-base percentage against the veteran righty. 

The only thing that kept him down was that he missed an entire month because of a tricep injury, which has kept him out of qualifying for statistical categories.

“I was very surprised when [president of baseball operations Chris Young] called and told me that they would be paying me my All-Star bonus,” Eovaldi told The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday. “I was very thankful and appreciative. Representing the Rangers at the All-Star Game is always a goal of mine that I set out to achieve at the beginning of the season. So I’m thankful that they felt like I should have been on the All-Star team.”

Eovaldi, 35, is halfway through his 15th major league season as he continues his impressive career.

The 2008 11th-round pick of the Dodgers joined the Rangers three seasons ago and has been a standout since, helping the team to its first-ever World Series title in 2023.

He was a key contributor during the playoff run, going 5-0 with a 2.95 ERA.

Now, though, the Rangers are 48-49 and are 3 1/2 games out of an American League wild-card spot.

Eovaldi is set to begin his second half of the season against the Tigers on Sunday when he’s slated to go up against AL All-Star starting pitcher Tarik Skubal.