Daily News | Why the Phillies should make a run to the playoffs: Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler, Craig Kimbrel, and Nasty Casty
These all are the hallmarks of contenders. The Phillies are contenders. Of their 73 remaining games, 51 are against teams currently out of the playoffs, such as the Padres, who visit Friday as baseball resumes.Aaron Nola makes his money in July and August.
Nola is the best-conditioned starting Phillies pitcher since Roy Halladay. He’s healthy. He steamrolled the Braves on June 22 and the Rays on July 4. His current 4.39 ERA would be the third-worst of his career if the season ended today, but it does not. Expect Nola to run through the rest of his schedule and earn that $200 million free-agent deal he wants.With all due respect to Alec Bohm’s 57 RBIs and Kyle Schwarber’s 22 homers, Castellanos has carried the Phillies so far this season. His .
He then allowed one or zero runs in seven of his next 13 starts. In his last three starts, however, he compiled a 6.61 ERA. The Phillies won all three games, but Wheeler wasn’t quite as sharp.
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