Nathan Eovaldi is having a special season.

10-3 and 1.38.

The Rangers paid him his $100,000 All-Star bonus despite the fact he was left out of the game itself, following his stint on the IL. That is how much Chris Young and Bruce Bochy appreciate what he is doing on the mound this year. He is a really intelligent pitcher and an ideal teammate, according to his peers. He is having a Cy Young worthy season, there is no denying that now.

Following his 1-hit, 8-inning performance against Dongs Inc. Championship Kings, or DICKs for short, there's this little bit of info:

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That all encapsulates why Eovaldi has been the ace of a staff with Jacob deGrom sitting next to him.

With his eight innings on Tuesday, he lowered his ERA to 1.38, though at 111 innings pitched he’s not yet qualified for the ERA title due to an injured list stint in May. It's the lowest ERA through a pitcher’s first 19 starts in franchise history -- ahead of Rick Honeycutt (2.20 in 1983), Jon Matlack (2.27 in 1978) and deGrom (2.32, this season) -- and lowest for any AL pitcher in such a span since Oakland’s Vida Blue in 1971 (1.37).

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"He's just an artist out there,” Bochy said. “His pitchability, his command, his focus, the way he reads swings, he can adjust on the fly, all those things. You’ve got four pitches with command of all of them that he can throw anytime. That's why he's having so much success.”

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