Aaron Nola des Phillies continues with an ankle sprain; Mick Abel to make his MLB debut on Sunday

Philadelphia – It has been almost eight years since Aaron Nola has list the injured for the last time – so long ago that in 2017, the Baseball Major League League has always qualified it as a list of disabled people. No one in sport has started more games and has recorded more rounds than Nola since the start of the 2018 season.

So he wanted to cross a tracked right ankle, he said that he had suffered last week during a pre-match agility exercise. The phillies have referred to Nola, who knows how far he can push his body.

“As a competitor, that’s what I’m here to do,” said Nola. “Go Pitch. I launched things. Little things that didn’t really affect me. I thought it was going to calm down now. But this is not really the case. “

The phillies therefore made the call. When Nola arrived at Citizens Bank Park on Friday two days after a career start, he was summoned to the director’s office. The phillies put him on the IL.

Nola, who has an MPM of 6.16 in nine starts this season, will miss at least two weeks and perhaps more. The club does not consider the serious injury, but Nola recognized that it felt more stress behind its back due to the modification of its mechanics to compensate for the bad ankle. He needs the right ankle to push the rubber. He was frustrated to go to the IL; All this guarantees that he will not reach his 200 -sleeves desired launched in 2025.

“I couldn’t run my foot as I usually do,” said Nola. “And I need to do this. Yes, I mean, that’s all I have to say about it. “

For the moment, the phillies will replace Nola with Mick Abel. The choice of first round of 2020 will make its debut in the big league on Sunday as a starter. The phillies said to Abel, 23, that his first time in the majors will last only one start. He will return to Triple-A Lehigh Valley after Sunday’s match against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Taijuan Walker could have started the match on Sunday, but he launched 59 throws as a reader on Wednesday and would not have a routine between the typical throws. It will therefore start Wednesday in Colorado. The insertion of Abel allows the phillies to knock everyone in the rotation also one day. Phillies have a certain depth of rotation and they will flex it by reorganizing things.

The Phillies said they knew the ankle in difficulty of Nola for last week, but refused to reveal it for competitive reasons. He injured it on May 8 at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. Nola has always launched the next day in Cleveland and granted four points in five rounds. He stayed in rotation only to grant nine points in 3 2/3 rounds on Wednesday against the Cardinals of Saint-Louis. Given what the Phillies knew on Nola’s ankle, the decision to keep it in Wednesday’s match is questionable. Nola said the ankle had improved, but not enough.

He said it affected him on the mound.

“I mean, it was certainly there for sure,” said Nola. “Certainly not so comfortable, right? It was a little better from Cleveland to the last match. I thought it would be a little better now. He is still persistent.”

It is either a practical excuse and a chance for the phillies to reset Nola, or an explanation to explain why Nola stumbled in last week. He seemed to turn a corner, starting with a better outing on April 21 against New York dishes. He followed it with seven rounds of a ball at a point against the Chicago Cubs and six others aimed at the Arizona Diamondbacks. These three teams have robust alignments.

“It’s no longer a persistent thing,” said Thomson. “We didn’t want to say anything, of course, because we were going a step ahead of the opposition. They could attribute it. They could do things. We just thought he could do it. But we want to make sure we take care of him now.”

At this point, Nola is the weak link in a differently strong rotation.

Now, for Abel, the start of the point is a reward for a strong start of his season. He traveled 108 2/3 rounds of an MPM of 6.46 last season in Triple A. It was a mental version. But Abel launched more strikes in 2025. He used a deeper mixture of pitch. Rival assessors have seen a pitcher with a better presence of mound; Before, Abel would linger on the mistakes and his outings could collapse. By promoting it to the majors with clear parameters – the club told Abel that it would be a start and a single start – it allows the right -wing perspective a chance to get your feet down.

“The things have always been there,” said Thomson. “Now he launches strikes. He is missing bats. His walking rate is declining. He’s just a very confident guy at the moment. I’m really excited to see him Pitter.”

Abel made at least six rounds in four of his eight departures this season at Triple A. His fast four -seam ball has an average of 95.6 MPH and even touched 99 MPH. His curve ball was a stick with a stick. He throws a lead; Most phillie starters must have two fast balls. The cursor was more consistent. He even launched changes.

Abel’s emergence is important because Andrew Painter continues his climb. The phillies suffered a blow to their depth of rotation: Moisés Chace, a right -wing perspective which had helium at the end of last season, will undergo Tommy John surgery. Chace, who was 22 years old in June, launched this season with Double-A reading with a reduced speed. The phillies had judged him healthy until earlier this week when he launched land and immediately caught his elbow.

The Phillies had added Chace to their list of 40 men during the off -season in the hope of contributing in 2025. Now it will be missing this season and a large part of 2026.

They hope that Nola will return in early June. His latest injury that required downtime was a tense lower back which put it aside from April 21 to May 20, 2017.

“Being available for your team is what it is about,” said Thomson. “It was disappointed, but I don’t think it will be much longer than 15 days.”

Nola can keep her arm in motion, and he plans to do so. He will accompany the team during the next trip to the west coast. It is an unusual feeling for him.

“That’s how I’m going everything,” said Nola. “I try to be as healthy as possible so that I can be prepared and make my departures each time I am given baseball. … It’s a kind of thing.

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