DUNEDIN, Fla. -- It had been 218 days since Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola last pitched to a big leaguer in a game.
Had it been only seven months?
"It felt like forever," Nola said Thursday afternoon, after he pitched two scoreless innings in a Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. "I didn't really know how long it was until I counted."
Nola, 23, had not pitched since July 28 because of a low-grade sprain of his UCL and a low-grade strain of his flexor pronator tendon in his right elbow.