The Philadelphia Phillies and Aaron Nola have reportedly agreed on a new 7 year, $172M contract. Nola becomes tentatively the fourth highest paid starting pitcher in baseball by overall value and ninth highest paid by AAV. It is the largest contract the Phillies have ever given to a pitcher. Philadelphia will bring back bring back one of their best homegrown players and successfully retain their second major free agent to hit the open market in three years, with the other being J.T. Realmuto.
It was first reported by Bob Nightengale of USA Today sports that talks between the Phillies and Aaron Nola had gained steam on Sunday morning.