“Mystery Ace Megill: Can He Single-handedly Dethrone the Phillies?”

The NL East should be one of the more interesting races this season. There are two teams that likely will have nothing going on most of the year with the Marlins and the Nationals. On the other side of it, we will have three teams that will battle for the division, and potentially all of them could make the playoffs via the Wild Card. Two of the teams that will battle all season for the NL East are the Phillies and the Mets, they play tonight. 

The Phillies are one of those teams with a ton of potential, but unlike many other teams, they actually usually live up to that potential. Sure, they haven’t won the World Series, but they’ve at least been competitive for multiple seasons. They invest in their team, and they continue to make moves to try to put the pieces together properly. I’m not sure we should expect a blockbuster for them this season, but they will probably try to add pieces. One part of their team they may be concerned about is their starting rotation as a big piece of it is underperforming. That underperformer is Aaron Nola who starts tonight. Nola is 0-4 for the season with a 6.65 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP, meaning he isn’t missing many bats this season. He has only made one quality start this season, but he has been consistently in another way, getting at least seven strikeouts in three of the four outings. The Phillies haven’t given him any run support though, providing a total of six runs in his four starts. Mets hitters have been pretty good against him with a .270 average and 14 homers in 274 at-bats. 

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