The Phillies, for now, have no reason to believe Aaron Nola will be compromised in February when spring training begins. The young righthander missed the final two months of this season with sprains and strains of ligaments and tendons in his elbow. The team opted for a conservative treatment of rest.
But Phillies officials wanted Nola to restart a throwing program at the team's complex in Florida. He did that in October. The initial returns encouraged both team and player.
"After completing a full throwing program, and getting his side work in, he feels 100 percent healthy and ready for spring training," Nola's agent, Joe Longo, said this week in an email.