Aaron Nola won't win the Cy Young Award on Wednesday night. There's no shame in that, though. Not when the leading candidate had the sixth-lowest ERA among all starting pitchers in the last 50 years.
Besides, Nola has earned a different distinction. He's the best bargain of any pitcher in baseball, even better than Jacob deGrom.
In 33 starts for the Phillies this season, Nola posted a 2.37 ERA. He worked 212 1/3 innings and allowed 149 hits. He struck out 9.5 batters per nine innings and walked 2.5. He went 10-3 with a 2.17 ERA in 18 starts after a Phillies loss.