Phillies Place Aaron Nola On Injured List

The Philadelphia Phillies announced that Aaron Nola has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. Nola is coming off of what was statistically the worst start of his major league career. Daniel Robert has been recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Robert joining the Phillies is a temporary move. Nola has a 1-7 record with a 6.16 ERA and is struggling this season through nine starts. Additionally, Nola has a 5.03 FIP and a 3.25 K/BB rate this season. Nola has a career-worst 1.99 HR/9 allowed rate this season as well. Opposing batters have a .294 average and a .348 BABIP against Nola this season. Nola has a 1.51 WHIP this season.

Phillies Pitcher Nola Placed On Injured List

Rotation Adjustments

Phillies pitching prospect Mick Abel will make his major league debut on May 18. The team announced that Abel will return to Triple-A afterwards and not make any additional major league starts at this time. According to the team, Taijuan Walker will re-join the rotation until Nola returns from the injured list. Abel has a 5-2 record with a 2.53 ERA in eight minor league starts this season. In addition, Abel has a 3.73 FIP and a 2.68 K/BB rate this year. Abel has a 0.78 HR/9 allowed rate in Triple-A this season. Opposing batters have a .215 average and a .282 BABIP against Abel in the minor leagues this season.

Walker has a 1-3 record with a 2.62 ERA in eight outings this season. Six of those eight games have been starts. Walker has a 3.45 FIP and a 2.21 K/BB rate this season. In addition, Walker has a 0.52 HR/9 allowed rate this year. Walker has a 1.25 WHIP this season. Opposing batters have a .218 average and a .270 BABIP against Walker this season. As a starting pitcher, Walker has a 2.54 ERA and a 1.69 K/BB rate this season. When starting a game this season, Walker has a 0.64 HR/9 rate. Opposing batters have a .227 average and a .267 BABIP against Walker in games that he started this season.