OVERALL GRADE
C+ Solid
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PLAYER PROFILE
Aaron Nola
Starting Pitcher • Philadelphia Phillies
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
Age:
33
Height:
6' 2"
Weight:
200 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
77 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Starting Pitcher
P · Philadelphia Phillies
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Aaron Nola
Aaron Nola currently grades as a solid baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Durability (98/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Durability
- Position and Role Value
- Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Pitch IQ, Command and Pitchability
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games ERA/WHIP (4.67 / 1.35) is compared with the season line (4.67 / 1.35).
Current Pitching Execution
75
35th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for run prevention, strikeout quality, and workload.
Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
78
Career history includes 1891.0 innings, 2,053 strikeouts and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 4 major awards or championship records across 7 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason pitching sample was available.
Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
75
Last-X-games ERA/WHIP (4.67 / 1.35) is compared with the season line (4.67 / 1.35).
Position and Role Value
84
Based on the official primary role/position (P) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
98
Built from official pitcher workload: 175.1 innings across 33 appearances.
Pitch IQ, Command and Pitchability
75
50th percentile context
Uses official walk suppression, WHIP, strike percentage, and strikeout-to-walk balance.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
75
Pitcher defensive separation is limited in the current official stat feed, so this category stays near neutral.
Situational and Winning Impact
75
Compares the opponent OPS allowed with runners in scoring position (.802) against the season baseline (.803).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
MiLB Intelligence
READINESS
Minor-League Assignment
The official assignment is Major League Baseball. IQDugout displays the assignment as development context, not as an MLB-readiness grade.
CALL-UP OUTLOOK
Not Determined
Level alone cannot support an individual call-up judgment. Performance, health, roster status, role fit, and organization need would also have to be evaluated.
PROJECTION
Starting Pitcher
This is the player's currently listed role or position context, not a prediction of a future MLB role.
DEVELOPMENT RISK
Not Graded
Development risk is not graded from league level or draft year alone.
Ceiling is withheld until supported player-specific scouting or performance evidence is available.
Floor is withheld because a league assignment does not establish a player's likely outcome.
Organization rank: Unavailable from current official MLB data
No exact or broad ETA is shown without supported individual performance, development, health, and roster evidence.
DEVELOPMENT TREND
Development Assignment
The current official assignment is Major League Baseball. Assignment level is factual context and is not treated as proof of promotion readiness.
IMPROVEMENT AREAS
- Evaluate sustained performance with level and age context
- Review role fit, health, roster status, and organization need
SCOUT REPORT
No official prospect blurb is available from the current data source. Public data confirm a Major League Baseball assignment and a listed starting pitcher context only. IQDugout is not inferring MLB readiness, ceiling, floor, risk, or ETA from the player's level.
2026 PITCHING
Pitching Statistics
ERA
4.67
#44 MLB
Top 96%
Earned runs allowed per nine innings.
WHIP
1.35
#39 MLB
Top 84%
Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched.
W–L
7–12
W
#95 MLB
Top 11%
IP
175.1
#21 MLB
Top 2%
Innings pitched.
SO
177
#22 MLB
Top 2%
BB
59
SV
0
#258 MLB
Top 30%
G
33
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Starting Pitcher
Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB pitching pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.
DATA CONFIDENCE
High confidence
Officially qualified for the MLB pitcher comparison pool.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
No verified strength crossed the current percentile thresholds.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Home-Run Suppression
Why: 1.90 HR/9 ranks #46 among 46 qualified MLB pitchers (0th percentile).
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Run Prevention
Why: 4.67 ERA ranks #44 among 46 qualified MLB pitchers (4th percentile).
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Hit Suppression
Why: 9.09 H/9 ranks #43 among 46 qualified MLB pitchers (7th percentile).
VERSATILITY
No verified season position usage
- Primary role or position
- Starting Pitcher
- Position / role entries
- 0
- Verified secondary positions
- None in available season position data
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.