T HERE ARE much sexier stats out there than a pitcher's walk rate, so it might seem odd to start a discussion of Aaron Nola there. After all, the guy is putting up some impressive totals in more conventional categories. Heading into Wednesday only six pitchers had logged more than his 40 innings: Clayton Kershaw, Chris Sale, Jake Arrieta, Marcus Stroman, Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija. In fact, in his first six starts of the season, the 22-year-old righthander sports a line that, over the course of 32 starts, would put him in the Cy Young conversation: a 2.
Phillies' Nola off to striking start
