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Nola also allowed four walks in the no-decision, raising his ERA to 5.86 on the year. The 33-year-old rediscovered some velocity this season, but it hasn’t helped much, and his ERA is hovering around 6 dating back to last year. The two highest HR/9 rates of his career have come over the past two seasons. As usual, Nola’s ERA estimators paint a more optimistic picture going forward. He draws a tough matchup on the road in Milwaukee for his next start.

Both runs came on a Gavin Sheets homer in the third. Nola averaged a season-high 93.4 mph with his fastball (1.3 mph better than average) and 92.9 mph with his sinker (1.7 mph better than average), which might have played a role in him getting 11 whiffs and six strikeouts with his curve. If he can hold on to those gains, he might reemerge as a fringy mixed-league option. Still, there’s no reason to grab him just yet. He’ll face the White Sox next.

Nola will come off the paternity list and right into a start against the Padres, who he held to two runs in six innings on Wednesday. It has still been a season to forget for Nola so far, so we’d try not to start him in fantasy leagues for this one if possible.

The 32-year-old hurler will be away from the team for a couple of days as he welcomes a new addition to the family. Nolan Hoffman was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move to add a fresh arm to the Phillies’ bullpen.

Nola had retired the first 11 Padres hitters before Gavin Sheets reached on an infield hit in the fourth inning. Manny Machado followed with a two-run homer. Nola settled back in for two more scoreless innings, giving up just one more hit. He issued zero walks and struck out five batters on 12 whiffs. The 32-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 5.72 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, and a 56/18 K/BB ratio across 56 2/3 innings. He’ll look to keep working away at those ratios when he takes on these same Padres in Philadelphia next Tuesday.

Three of the runs came in the second, when the Reds racked up four hits. Nola wasn’t hit particularly hard today, with four of the eight hits he allowed coming on soft liners. He struck out five. Still, this is a pretty typical outing for him these days. He’ll take a 2-4 record and a 6.04 ERA into his next outing in San Diego.

Ugly. Nola has now given up five or more earned runs in three of his last five starts. Both Brandon Lowe and Marcell Ozuna took him out and he left the Phillies in a 6-0 hole. The average fastball velocity is sitting near 92 mph and all eight of his hard-hit balls allowed came against his four-seamer, sinker, and cutter. He had a 6.01 ERA in 17 starts in 2025 with a 1.35 WHIP. He has a 5.91 ERA in nine starts in 2026 with a 1.55 WHIP. It’d be hard to trust him against the Reds next week.

Nola was pulled with two on and two outs in the fifth, even though the Phillies had a three-run lead. They just didn’t trust him to retire Troy Johnston in that situation. Nola remains 2-3 with a 5.14 ERA and a 44/15 K/BB in 42 innings. He figures to make his next start Friday in Pittsburgh, but he isn’t really an option outside of NL-only leagues right now.

Nola scattered five hits and didn’t hand out a free pass as he breezed through six frames at pitcher-friendly loanDepot park before handing a shutout to Philadelphia’s bullpen. He continues to lean heavily on his curveball and the results have mostly been positive outside of a pair of tough road outings against the Braves and Cubs in his previous two starts. He’ll bring a pedestrian 5.06 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 40/13 K/BB ratio across 37 1/3 innings into a favorable home outing against the Rockies on Saturday.

Nola had been lined up to start on Sunday, but they’ll go with Jesus Luzardo there on regular rest. Mattingly wanted to break up the lefties in his rotation, giving a day in-between Luzardo and Cristopher Sanchez. That means Nola will now be scheduled to make two starts next week, though he misses a prime matchup against the Marlins in Miami.