Coming off an otherworldly 2018 season in which he finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting, the Phillies inked RHP Aaron Nola to a four-year, $48 million contract extension. After one of the better seasons in franchise history, expectations were sky-high for Nola entering 2019. He failed to meet said expectations from the onset, and a while he had a hot stretch in July and August, he was truly unable to regain his 2018 form consistently in 2019.
Despite some struggles, Nola is still by far the best player to come out of the Phillies farm system this decade and remains an integral part of the team’s core.