As Eovaldi ages, he turns away from overpowering opponents with a fastball and instead relies on deception from the best pitch in his arsenal.

Eovaldi is now up to 13 quality starts on the season -- five of which have come over his last seven outings -- and he sports a 1.76 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 120:21 K:BB across 123 innings this season. His next start is lined up for next weekend at home against the Guardians.

Through a starter’s first 19 outings of a season, Eovaldi’s 1.38 ERA is the fifth-lowest ever, trailing only Bob Gibson (1.06, 1968), Luis Tiant (1.27, 1968), Zack Greinke (1.30, 2015), and Vida Blue (1.37, 1971).

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/rangers as Rangers Ace Nathan Eovaldi Having One of Best Starts to a Season in MLB History. One of the biggest moves that the Texas Rangers made during the MLB offseason was retaining starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi.

One of baseball’s best pitchers this season isn’t even listed among the league leaders, and was left off the American League All-Star team.

Eovaldi dominated the Yankees, allowing just one base runner across eight shutout innings on a night when they mustered just two hits total in a 2-0 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Field.

Texas Rangers hurler Nathan Eovaldi is speaking out about a rough outing he had against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday.

Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi is on a historic run not done since Bob Gibson in 1968 Year of the Pitcher originally appeared on The Sporting News If you were trying to come up with one pitcher season that you'd want to try to replicate, you might come up with Bob Gibson's 1968, part of the famed Year of the Pitcher.

Eovaldi has burst into contention with a historically low ERA and a knack for winning when Texas absolutely needs it.

Entering Monday’s matchup with the Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field, Eovaldi had six straight winning decisions and had not shouldered a loss since May 22. It was easy to see why. Since he came off the injured list on June 27, Eovaldi had allowed five earned runs in 41 2/3 innings across seven starts. That was a 1.08 ERA in that time frame.