Phillies' Rotation Has Excelled Despite Overpaid Pitcher Being Injured

After slipping up a bit of late, the Philadelphia Phillies will have some reinforcements on the way soon.

The Phillies were recently able to build up a nice lead in the National League East with the team performing better after the trade deadline and the New York Mets collapsing of late.

However, Philadelphia lost the final two games of their series against the Cincinnati Reds, and then dropped the series opener to the Washington Nationals. Losing games to the Nationals at this point in the season isn’t ideal, and the offense is going to have to wake up for the Phillies.

This is a unit that has a lot of talent, but has mostly been nowhere to be found in the last three games. Philadelphia has been relying on their starting rotation to carry them for most of the year, and that unit is going to be looking different coming up.

Despite a lot of success, they are going to be integrating a player who has struggled and missed time back into the rotation against Washington.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report recently wrote about Phillies starter Aaron Nola being one of the most overpaid players in baseball this year, with his poor performance before getting injured.

“Normally the patron saint of durability, this will be Nola's first season failing to log enough innings to qualify for an ERA title since 2016, nearing a return from what has been almost three months on the IL at this point.”

For quite some time, Nola has been a frontline pitcher for Philadelphia and a workhorse. During their recent stretch of success, he has been a significant part of that alongside Zack Wheeler at the top of the rotation.

Has Aaron Nola Been Overpaid This Year?