Sorry K-Rod, You Got Nathan on Joe

With his Friday night save against the Angels, Twins closer Joe Nathan lowered his ERA to 0.98. Nathan has allowed just six runs in 55 innings, struck out 61, saved 35 and allowed just 36 hits.
This type of season is reminicient of Eckersley's legendary 0.61 ERA for the A's in 1990. This is one of those Cy Young, MVP, always to be remembered seasons for Nathan. Yet the anaylists remain silent on young Joe.
Francisco Rodriguez's league leading 48 saves have columnists scurrying to dub him the Cy Young.
While K-Rod has had a special season, his numbers just dont stack up to Nathan as a total package. Nathan has a better ERA (0.96 to 2.75), 16 less walks and more strike outs in virtually the same amount of games and innings.
As the Angels run away with the lackluster west, Minnesota battles every night for first. The pressure on Nathan has been far more than on K-Rod to hold down close games.
It should be noted that since the invention of the Rolaids Relief award in 1976, no closer other than Eck and rescently inducted hall of famer Goose Gossage have finished the season with an ERA under one.
So why, Buster Olney, are we still talking about K-Rod? Could it be that the Walt Disney co. owns both ESPN and the LA Angles? Or just that Buster and the rest of the Baseball Tonight crew don't do any of their own reseach, but just rather sit in front of a teleprompter and state the seemingly obvious.
Aren't these people paid to seek out things that the average viewer might not know about, like the success of a closer playing in a small market?
Or on a related note, discussing their should-be MVP Joe Mauer, instead of talking about which slugger has the most home runs?
It is a sad era in sports broadcasting.

Heres the award picks so far:

AL MVP - Joe Mauer
NL MVP - Albert Pujols
AL CY YOUNG - Cliff Lee
NL CY YOUNG - Brandon Webb