PITTSBURGH -- The Phillies selected Aaron Nola with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 Draft, in part because they preferred a polished baseball player at the time. They missed on top picks in previous seasons like Jesse Biddle, Anthony Hewitt, Joe Savery and Greg Golson. They liked Nola because they knew he would make the big leagues, even though many scouts believed Nola projected only as a reliable No. 3 starter.
But Nola exceeded those early expectations. He learned Sunday that he made his first National League All-Star team.
"It feels good," he said at PNC Park.