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Cole Hamels Going to the Dodgers
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Per Jon Heyman:
Breaking: Dodgers closing in on a deal for Cole Hamels
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 4, 2021
This is a good move for the Dodgers, who obviously did not have enough pitching between Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Walker Buehler, and Julio Urias (and Treinen/Kelly/Jansen/Bickford/etc). Go ahead and add a former World Series MVP why don’t you.
Hamels is 37 years old at this point and only started one game for the Braves last year. He had a shoulder injury and hasn’t seen consistent work since 2019, when he started 27 games for the Cubs and logged a 3.81 ERA. We always wondered if the Phillies would bring him back here to finish his career, but that never happened, and didn’t seem likely anyway:
“I’d say that’s a long shot” – Dave Dombrowski on the teams chances of signing Cole Hamels just now with Scott Franzke on @SportsRadioWIP.
— Jack Fritz (@JackFritzWIP) August 3, 2021
So Hamels is going home to Southern California for what might be a last MLB ride. Unless he morphs into Jamie Moyer while he’s out there and plays into his late 40s.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com