Is the Rangers offense to blame for Nathan Eovaldi's lack of Cy Young buzz?

"Nasty" Nathan Eovaldi has been sensational all year but just can't seem to get public praise for his Cy Young Award push. The seasoned veteran has taken the phrase "aging like fine wine" from Justin Verlander and seemingly found the Fountain of Youth this offseason.

We are currently witnessing the best pitching performance across a season by a Rangers player ever. He allowed a season high 5 runs in his last start and still has the lowest ERA in baseball by 0.42 and the lowest in the AL by 0.71.

His biggest hurdle to clear is qualifying for stats. A few injuries have caused him to miss a few starts this year. He is currently 7 innings away from being qualified and barring major injury to end the year, he will easily qualify.

Despite all of this, he cannot get a public campaign pushing for the Cy Young Award. The offense is partly to blame for this and it is a shame.

Why is the Texas Rangers offense to blame?

It is no secret that awards tend to be favored for the best players on the best teams. The Rangers have been far from that due to the offense.

The Rangers are at the bottom of every list for every offensive stat. The pitching has given them a chance in almost every single game. This is causing starters to be pulled early, causing unnecessary pressure to be perfect, and Eovaldi's stats to mean less in the eyes of certain viewers.

In terms of limiting runs, Eovaldi has been the best in baseball all year. That comes from having a historically low WHIP at 0.88, allowing almost no free runners, having a K/BB ratio that is 5.4, and so many more important stats. He allowed only 2 runs across 5 starts and 30.2 innings en route to winning July AL Pitcher of the Month.

Despite allowing one run or less in 14/20 starts so far, his record stands at 10-3 with the Rangers losing 7 of those games. He has been stripped of memorable wins and left with incredible performances in losses due to offense ineptitude.

The American League front runners are established names such as Tarik Skubal, Garrett Crochet, Framber Valdez and one newcomer in Hunter Brown. They are getting big outings in big games and getting that extra bump to voters due to that.

It hasn't been until this last week that fans outside of the DFW area have noticed that he even exists. The Rangers have fallen off the national map after being mired with mediocrity all season in the win loss column. He wasn't even voted to the All Star game due to lack of fan recognition.

The offense is just not allowing him to pitch in huge games. Every outing can likely be made out to be a classic "Tungsten Arm O'Doyle" headline that ends with him getting a no decision. It is sad that this season will likely be forgotten due to a part of the team he doesn't contribute to.

It is going to be hard to make his case if his innings don't matter to a teams season long output. Voters will give it to others just because they make 3 or 4 more starts. This has happened before and Eovaldi is likely the next victim.