FACTS/FLUKES: Nola, Harrison, Samardzija, Zimmerman, De. Norris

Nola making strides … Aaron Nola (RHP, PHI) showed promise as a rookie, posting a 3.59 ERA in 78 IP, and he has been even better in 2016. Is he in the process of taking a step forward?

Year        IP   ERA  xERA  H%/S%  GB/LD/FB  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  Swk  FpK  Ball%  hr/9  vLHB
=========  ===  ====  ====  =====  ========  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  =====  ====  ====     
2014 a/aa   55  2.93  ----  -----  39/18/43  1.6  7.3  4.5  ---  ---   ---    1.3   --    
2015        78  3.59  3.60  29/76  48/20/32  2.2  7.9  3.6    9   64  34.6%   1.3  .834
2016        46  3.13  2.59  26/64  54/20/26  1.6  9.6  6.1   10   64  31.0%   0.6  .496

The early results have been impressive:

  • His control, which is fully backed by Ball%, has been superb.
  • Despite...

Almost!

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