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Report: Cole Hamels Not likely to be Traded Until the Season Starts
By Jim Adair
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Just a few days after hearing that the Padres have a real interest in Cole Hamels — and hearing since that the Rangers have been asking about him — Jim Salisbury reported that Hamels will most likely start the season in a Phillies uniform.
Salisbury says the Phillies are currently in a “staredown” with a few clubs (Padres, Red Sox, Rangers, Cardinals), but it looks like none of those clubs are ready to bite on Hamels by dishing some top prospects just yet. Matt Lombardo has more on who the Rangers would (possibly) part with, but Salisbury’s report pushes the potential trade back to the “warmer months.”
The Phillies might be — in general — over the hill and out of the race, but at least we might get one more Hamels-pitched opener before it’s all gone forever.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.