Daily News | Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler are ‘a little off’ to start the season. Has the pitch clock played a role?
in the game. He didn’t walk anyone, but lacked command of his fastball. He was neither dominant nor dismal — and definitely not what everyone has come to expect over the last three seasons.
The Phillies anticipated that Nola and Wheeler may encounter early-season bumps after playing until the sixth game of the World Series — on the fifth night of November. Cotham studied recent examples of pitchers who thrived after a shorter-than-usual offseason. Head athletic trainer Paul Buchheit and director of strength and conditioning Morgan Gregory weighed in. Manager Rob Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski shared anecdotal experience from past years.
But there’s another variable at play. The pitch clock, which requires pitchers to deliver the ball in 15 seconds with the bases empty and 20 seconds with runners on, has had a wide-ranging impact. Entering the week, the average starter’s ERA was 4.52 in the NL and 4.56 across the majors, up from 4.04 and 3.91 through the same date last year.
“It’s just the snowball effect,” Realmuto said. “It’s such a game of momentum now. And when a couple of guys get on, we haven’t done a good job of controlling the momentum. I feel like once [Nola and Wheeler] get a better feel for that, the stuff is obviously there and they’re competitors that are going to give us a lot of good innings this year.”
Nola hasn’t issued a walk in either of his last two starts. And while it hasn’t always been the sharpest , it has been markedly better. He has pitched into the seventh inning in each of his last three starts.
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