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This article is an excerpt from Todd Zolecki’s Phillies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here<\/strong>. When<\/em> apply<\/strong> It arrives regularly in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n According to WAR, Norah was on the team’s list of all-time top 24 players. Specifically, Nora (29.6) bumped into Scott Lauren (29.2) to get there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It was a reminder of how well Nora has historically performed since the Phillies selected him with the 7th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft. Nora has finished in the top 7 at the National League Cy Young Award three times in his last five seasons, and he has made one NL All-Star appearance. If a right-hander posted a 5.2 WAR this year — he averaged 5.2 in his full season over the last five years (that is, excluding his 60 games in the 2020 season) — he’s all-time with his 34.8 WAR. It moves him to number 18 on the franchise list. , just behind Kurt Schilling (36.3) and Dick Allen (35.3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Lauren, Allen, Schilling… three players who could one day be inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nola could be in the Phillies’ top 12 all-time WAR list in 2024, but only if he stays with the Phillies. He will be a free agent after this season unless the Phillies sign a contract extension with the valuable starter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Nothing came to my mind,” Nora said Thursday at the Strike Out ALS event he and brother Austin hosted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I think what I’m most excited about is that most of us are back and we have some great additions. That’s rare. “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Philadelphia won Nora’s $16 million club option just two days after the World Series. It was a simple matter. One more simple thing: it will cost the team a lot more to keep him in a Phillies uniform after this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Carlos Rodon signed a six-year, $162 million (AAV $27 million) contract with the Yankees in December. Chris Basitt signed his three-year, $63 million (AAV $21 million) contract with the Blue Jays. Jameson Tyrone agreed to a four-year, $68 million ($17 million AAV) deal with the Cubs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Before the offseason, Joe Musgrove signed a 5-year, $100 million ($20 million AAV) contract extension with the Padres, and Luis Castillo signed a 5-year, $108 million ($21.6 million AAV) contract with the Mariners. signed the extension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nora is younger than each of those pitchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Phillies starter has pitched 871 and 2\/3 innings over the past five seasons. This puts him over 100 innings ahead of the next pitcher’s total (Castillo, 768 and his 1\/3 innings). Nora’s five-year WAR is his 23.9, better than Castillo (16.7), Rodon (12.1), Basit (12.0), Musgrove (10.2), Taillonne (8.5) and Walker (4.7). increase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n