PHILADELPHIA —  Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia, in any case.

The right-hander signed a seven-year contract to stay with the Phillies after testing the free-agent market, the crew mentioned Sunday. ESPN and others reported the 30-year-old’s contract is price $172 million.

“At the outset of this offseason, we made signing Aaron our top priority,” Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski mentioned. “We are dedicated to successful, and having a person like him in our uniform for years to return solely helps us in that regard.

“Aaron has proven to be one of the best and most durable pitchers in our game for a number of years now, and when considering his leadership abilities and his character, it was very important for us to keep him a part of the Phillies family.”

Nola is the primary big-name beginning pitcher to return off the board amongst this 12 months’s free brokers, a bunch together with Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez.

Nola was a first-round draft decide by the Phillies in 2014, debuted with Philadelphia the subsequent 12 months and has been there his complete profession. He’s been one in all baseball’s most reliable pitchers — a worthwhile commodity with the fashionable stress on huge league bullpens.

He made at the very least 32 begins and pitched at the very least 180 2/3 innings in 5 of the final six years — the exception was the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

Nola went 12-9 with a 4.46 ERA in 32 begins with Philadelphia this 12 months, ending with 202 strikeouts in 193 2/3 innings. He had a 4.63 ERA in 2021 and a 4.78 ERA in 2016 in his solely different years in that neighborhood. His profession mark is 3.72.

Nola helped Philadelphia safe an NL wild card in 2023, after which went 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA in 4 playoff begins. The Phillies have been eradicated by Arizona within the NL Championship Series.

Nola made 5 postseason begins when Philadelphia made it to the 2022 World Series earlier than shedding to Houston. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native completed with a 2-2 document and a 4.91 ERA.

The 6-foot-2 Nola performed school ball at LSU earlier than he was chosen by Philadelphia with the No. 7 total decide within the 2014 novice draft. He made his huge league debut in July 2015, going 6-2 with a 3.59 ERA in 13 begins for the Phillies.

Nola is 90-71 with a 3.72 ERA in 235 profession begins over 9 seasons — all with Philadelphia. He has 1,582 strikeouts in 1,422 innings.

He had his finest season in 2018, when he went 17-6 with a career-low 2.37 ERA in 33 begins and a career-high 212 1/3 innings.

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