The pitch behind Aaron Nola’s recent turnaround

Aaron Nola has a 3.63 ERA in his last nine starts. (Brendan Baldwin/Phillies Nation)It’s no secret that Aaron Nola had been struggling to find his groove for a while. After an injury-riddled 2025 in which he posted a 6.01 ERA across 17 starts, the 33-year-old right-hander posted a 6.04 ERA through the first 17 starts of his 2026 campaign. Perhaps the low point of his season came on June 29, when Nola allowed eight runs across the fourth and fifth innings of a game against the Pirates