It is nights like Friday — when Aaron Nola dazzled for seven innings in a 4-1 win over the Mets — that allow it to feel possible that the righthander could do what was once thought to be farfetched.
Lead the Phillies to the playoffs? Well, maybe. But how about win a Cy Young?
The ballots for the National League’s Cy Young Award will be cast in seven weeks and it has been accepted that this season’s race has narrowed between Max Scherzer of the Nationals and Jacob deGrom of the Mets. But those voters will now be hard pressed to ignore Nola.