FACTS/FLUKES: Nola, Cain, Escobar, Kingery, L. Jackson

Nola falling well short of repeat... Coming off a 2018 campaign in which he recorded a 2.37 ERA and 224 strikeouts, big things were expected from Aaron Nola in 2019. He has let his owners down so far, as his ERA has nearly doubled (4.63) through 13 starts. So what's the problem, and is he a good bet to turn things around quickly?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK   Vel    G/L/F   H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
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2015* 187  3.10  3.58  1.8   7.2  4.1  64%   9%  90.5  48/20/32  30/77   15%  105
2016  111  4.78  3.22  2.4   9.8  4.2  61%  10%  90.1  55/20/25  36/64   13%  146
2017  168  3.54  3.50  2.6   9.9  3.8  64%  11%  92.0  50/19/31  32/74   13% ...

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