Nola allowed four runs on four hits, including two home runs, over two innings in his Grapefruit League debut Saturday. "I wasn't really commanding the baseball," Nola told the Phillies' official site. "I was getting behind on the count. My pitches were pretty much over the plate, and they made me pay for them."
Nola gave up dingers to Troy Tulowitzki and Michael Saunders in the first inning before recovering for a 1-2-3 second. Heavily dependent on commanding his pitches because he lacks overpowering stuff to put hitters away, Nola nonetheless didn't struggle too often last season, when he went 6-2 with a 3.59 ERA and a 68:19 K:BB in 77.2 innings.