Aaron Nola Emerging Into Elite Strikeout Commodity
Aaron Nola has seen his strikeout totals increase each year of his big league career. While that won’t happen in 2020, Nola has spiked his K/9 ratio all the way up to 12.4 through his first five starts. Opposing batters are hitting nothing that he throws with consistency well -- his fastball is averaging a .130 BA and .261 SLG. An increase in usage on his changeup (29.5% this year, 18.6 last year) has spurred his K% (36.4) into the top sixth percentile of all pitchers. Batters are whiffing particularly on the change at a 46.2 Whiff%, which is helping to spur Nola into an elite strikeout pitcher. His next projected start comes against Washington, whom he has amassed 123 K’s against in 108 ⅔ career innings, giving him a ton of DFS upside.
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