Rangers Make Big Nathan Eovaldi Announcement After Injury News

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nate Lunak | Last updated Jun 2, 2025 3:33 PM ET

Throughout the 2025 season, the Texas Rangers haven't been all too impressive, as they sport a 29-31 record, putting them in third place in the AL West, while having just a plus-three run differential.

Things have the opportunity to get worse, too, because on Sunday, the team revealed that starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi would be hitting the 15-day injured list (retroactive to May 29) due to right triceps fatigue.

What makes this loss even worse is that on Monday, the team announced Eovaldi has been named the Rangers Player of the Month for May, a distinction voted on by media members and broadcasters who cover the team.

Nasty Nate did his thing.

Nathan Eovaldi is our Rangers Player of the Month for May! pic.twitter.com/1gtsmN71IQ
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) June 2, 2025

It's a well-deserved honor, too, because through the entire month, he started five games, accumulating 26.2 innings, 27 strikeouts, an opponent batting average of .168, a 0.68 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP.

Throughout the entire season, he has been extremely dominant, tied for the 24th-most innings pitched (69.1), the second-best ERA (1.56), tied for 16th in strikeouts (73), tied for the fifth-highest WAR (2.2), and has the second-lowest opponent batting average (.183) among qualified starting pitchers.

Other than now dealing with an injury, Eovaldi has been exactly what the Rangers could have hoped for after signing him to a three-year, $75 million contract before the season started.

His performance has put him in the position to potentially earn some serious personal accolades with the Rangers, as ESPN BET currently gives him the seventh-best odds (+3000) to win the AL Cy Young Award.

If Eovaldi were able to pull that off, it would be a huge boost to his career, considering that he's only made two All-Star appearances and been inside the top four for Cy Young voting once in his first 13 seasons at the MLB level.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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