{"id":17093,"date":"2019-02-13T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=17093"},"modified":"2019-02-13T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:46:36","slug":"aaron-nola-signs-extension-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/02\/13\/aaron-nola-signs-extension-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Nola Signs Long-Term Extension With Philadelphia Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/philadelphia-phillies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> certainly had a busy off-season. Things began rolling in December when <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2018\/12\/03\/philadelphia-phillies-acquire-jean-segura\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia acquired<\/a> shortstop <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/segurje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jean Segura<\/a> <\/strong>in a deal with the Seattle Mariners. The Phillies also headed into Spring Training with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2019\/02\/07\/phillies-acquire-jt-realmuto\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a bang by trading<\/a> for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/realmjt01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.T. Realmuto<\/a><\/strong> one week prior to pitchers and catchers reporting. Spring training officially kicked off for Philadelphia Tuesday, but that does not mean the deals have stopped. The team announced Wednesday that star starting pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nolaaa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Nola<\/a><\/strong> has been signed to a four-year extension through 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Phillies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Phillies<\/a> and RHP Aaron Nola have agreed to a four-year contract through the 2022 season. The deal also includes a club option for the 2023 season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E5ocTPOwqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/E5ocTPOwqA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phillies\/status\/1095718663129391105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Aaron Nola Signed Long Term<\/h1>\n<p>The four-year deal with a fifth-year option is a nice win for Philadelphia. Nola is coming off a 17-6 season with a 2.37 ERA in 212.1 innings pitched. He led the Phillies and finished ninth in Major League Baseball with 224 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Entering his age-26 season, Nola looks to be one of the best developing pitchers in all of baseball. He was a distant third-place finisher in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngcy01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cy Young<\/a> voting to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scherma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Scherzer<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/degroja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob deGrom<\/a> <\/strong>in 2018. However, it should be noted that Nola&#8217;s 10.5 bWAR led all three and was nearly a full win better than deGrom&#8217;s 9.6. Securing Nola&#8217;s services through 2022 with an option for 2023 is a slam dunk for a team looking to win in the suddenly ultra-competitive NL East.<\/p>\n<h2>Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1095710328107745280\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Passan&#8217;s breakdown of the financials<\/a>, Nola will make $45 million through 2022 with the 2023 option worth $16 million. The option also has a $4.25 million buyout.<\/p>\n<p>All things considered, this is an extremely team-friendly contract for Philadelphia. Even with the fifth-year option, Nola&#8217;s average salary for the length of the deal checks in at $11.35 million. By comparison, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/washington-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Nationals<\/a> recently signed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/corbipa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Corbin<\/a> <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2018\/12\/04\/report-patrick-corbin-signs-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a six-year deal<\/a> with an average cost of $23.33 million.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Aaron Nola in Philadelphia is a win no matter what. Keeping him at such an affordable cost also means the Phillies may not be done adding to their roster. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/machama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manny Machado<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpebr03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryce Harper<\/a><\/strong> remain on the open market, and bringing one of them onboard remains a legitimate possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"vFCHQYjwT0JGn8MAupjX9A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1055762042\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vFCHQYjwT0JGn8MAupjX9A',sig:'eibfXVkKMsPYNsvjGnkJ864DTSvQI5TG1IMxakUUjhs=',w:'594px',h:'366px',items:'1055762042',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies kicked off Spring Training by locking up star pitcher Aaron Nola with a long-term extension through 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":17096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1071,23],"tags":[1069,68,69,268],"class_list":["post-17093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-mlb","category-phillies","tag-aaron-nola","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-philadelphia-phillies"],"modified_by":"Paul Harvey","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}