IMO, that definition does not fit Nate. Just because it fits him more than anyone else in your time period chosen does not make him dependable. He was far from dependable.
Better: yes.
He was not even the most dependable from 2018-2020, 2019-2020, 2020-2022 and many other time frames, except yours.
Yes, your chosen time frames gives Nate the lead in innings, but he missed way too many innings to be called dependable, IMO.