Aaron Nola

Bats R Throws R6'2" 200 lbBorn 1993 Baton Rouge, USADebut 2015Team PHI1x All-StarDraft 2011 R22 #679 Toronto Blue Jays, Catholic (LA) HSContract 7 y/$172M (24-30) 2026: $24,571,429

Awards: All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	451	22.9	6.0	3.37	21.0	6.89	98.5
2027							99.8
2028							100.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Justin Verlander	2015	108.8	115.6	903
2	Kyle Hendricks	2022	107.1	107.6	578
3	Jered Weaver	2015	107.2	83.9	767
4	Jose Quintana	2021	102.1	108.1	679
5	Matt Garza	2016	102.0	96.5	504
6	Jake Peavy	2013	110.0	96.6	852
7	Jake Odorizzi	2022	102.0	did not play
8	Alex Wood	2023	103.6	70.5	186
9	Dan Haren	2013	106.3	99.1	776
10	Josh Beckett	2012	106.4	84.6	195

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PHI	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	PHI	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	PHI	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	PHI	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	PHI	33	63	5	7	2	4	6	29	0.143	0.232	0.184	0.416	17.2
2020	PHI	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	PHI	34	70	6	7	2	2	6	35	0.119	0.200	0.153	0.353	-6.4
2018	PHI	33	70	0	3	1	4	1	36	0.048	0.063	0.065	0.128	-85.6
2017	PHI	27	54	3	4	0	1	4	25	0.083	0.154	0.083	0.237	-35.7
2016	PHI	20	35	1	1	1	0	3	17	0.033	0.147	0.067	0.214	-31.8
2015	PHI	13	26	0	2	0	1	1	16	0.087	0.125	0.087	0.212	-55.6
Career		286	318	15	24	6	12	21	158	0.089	0.156	0.111	0.267	-30.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									451				99.8
2026*									593				89.0	98.7	87.7
2025	PHI	5	10	6.01	17	17	0	94.3	404	18	28	97	90.5	99.6	90.1
2024	PHI	14	8	3.57	33	33	0	199.3	820	30	50	197	100.4	98.1	98.6
2023	PHI	12	9	4.46	32	32	0	193.7	793	32	45	202	105.3	100.2	105.5
2022	PHI	11	13	3.25	32	32	0	205.0	807	19	29	235	115.0	99.3	114.4
2021	PHI	9	9	4.63	32	32	0	180.7	749	26	39	223	105.7	97.9	103.7
2020	PHI	5	5	3.28	12	12	0	71.3	289	9	23	96	114.8	99.4	114.3
2019	PHI	12	7	3.87	34	34	0	202.3	852	27	80	229	106.2	100.7	106.9
2018	PHI	17	6	2.37	33	33	0	212.3	831	17	58	224	119.7	101.0	120.8
2017	PHI	12	11	3.54	27	27	0	168.0	693	18	49	184	109.7	99.4	109.1
2016	PHI	6	9	4.78	20	20	0	111.0	483	10	29	121	102.5	99.1	101.6
2015	PHI	6	2	3.59	13	13	0	77.7	318	11	19	68	102.2	99.6	101.9
Career		109	89	3.83	285	285	0	1715.7	7039	217	449	1876	107.4		106.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	63	85.8	-4.0	10.7	18.1	12.7	0.100	0.131	0.177	24.4
2019	70	86.7	1.9	20.7	16.4	9.6	0.112	0.133	0.162	24.1
2018	70	83.2	-9.4	6.1	23.9	14.0	0.066	0.078	0.074	24.8
2017	54	82.1	-11.3	8.0	32.9	12.5	0.080	0.089	0.122	24.4
2016	35	84.5	-7.0	21.4	32.6	17.9	0.061	0.072	0.135	24.4
2015	26	90.8	-8.6	33.3	37.5	21.4	0.092	0.104	0.114

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	P	17	94	9	7	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2024	PHI	P	33	199	12	16	0	2	1.000	-1.9
2023	PHI	P	32	194	11	16	1	2	0.964	+0.2
2022	PHI	P	32	205	9	14	2	0	0.920	-0.7
2021	PHI	P	32	181	16	8	2	0	0.923	-1.9
2020	PHI	P	12	71	5	4	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	PHI	P	34	202	9	27	0	3	1.000	+0.7
2018	PHI	P	33	212	9	26	1	3	0.972	+1.0
2017	PHI	P	27	168	9	21	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2016	PHI	P	20	111	7	21	1	0	0.966	-0.5
2015	PHI	P	13	78	5	10	0	0	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	51	12.1 IP, 33% K	2.23
2017	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	37	10.1 IP, 27% K	0.89
2015	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	141	32.2 IP, 23% K	3.63
2015	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	288	76.2 IP, 20% K	1.89
2014	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	98	24.0 IP, 15% K	2.62
2014	A+	Clearwater Threshers	Pit	121	31.1 IP, 25% K	3.18

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.156	0.240	0.258	0.184
2019	0.070	0.271	0.226	0.158
2018	0.000	0.101	0.000	0.141
2017	0.129	0.122	0.137	0.104
2016	0.200	0.102	0.100	0.140
2015	0.000	0.125	0.100	0.114

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	0.00	1	1	2.0	1	0	0	3	0.50
2024	0	1	7.20	1	1	5.0	5	2	2	8	1.40
2023	3	1	2.35	4	4	23.0	18	2	4	23	0.96
2022	2	2	5.00	5	5	25.2	29	4	5	27	1.35
Career	5	4	3.91	11	11	55.2	53	8	11	61	1.16

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	PHI	$517,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.