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The Phils announced that they have just signed Cole Hamels to a six-year deal worth $144 million dollars.
The Phils have finally cut a deal with Cole Hamels, signing him to a six-year deal.
After waiting for most of the season, the Phils have finally been able to sign starter Cole Hamels to a multi-year deal, which should keep him as a Phil through at least 2018. The deal, which is for six years, with a club/vesting option for 2019, and contains a limited no-trade clause, is worth $144 million dollars. This means that when the Phils retool for 2013 and the years afterwards, Hamels will still be wearing the red pinstripes.
Cole Hamels, who was the Phils’ seventeenth pick in the 2002 player draft, has been with the main club since 2006. During his seven years with the club, he has racked up a win-loss record of 85-58, which includes his present record of 11-4, in 200 games, of which all but one was a start, with a 3.38 ERA and a WHIP of 1.14. He has thrown 10 complete games, including four shutouts. He has struck out 1222 batters, while walking only 325, of which 28 were intentional. This season, in 19 starts, he has an ERA of 3.23, with a 1.12 WHIP, as he has struck out 131 batters, while walking only 33.
With Hamels now under Phils’ control, it will be interesting to see who they will now trade or keep as the trade deadline looms on the thirty-first.
This just in: The Phils have just traded Wilson Valdez for Reds’ relief pitcher Jeremy Horst.
The Phils have just announced that they have traded utility infielder Wilson Valdez to the Reds for left-handed relief pitcher Jeremy Horst.
Wilson Valdez, who had spent two seasons (2010-11) with the Phils, playing second base, shortstop and third base, as well as pitch a shutout inning in an extra-innings game (19), getting the win, played in 210 games for the Phils, batting .254 (154 for 606) with a .300 on-base percentage, as he hit 30 doubles, 7 triples and 5 HRs, while knocking in 65 RBIs. During last season, he batted .249 (68 for 273) as he appeared in 99 games, hitting 14 doubles, 4 triples and a home run, while knocking in 30 RBIs, while scoring 39 runs. Valdez, a career .243 hitter, has also played for the White Sox, the Mariners, the Padres, the Dodgers and the Mets from 2004-05, 2007-09, before joining the Phils.
Jeremy Horst, who the Phils are getting in return, is a 2007 Reds draft pitch, who made his major league debut last season. Coming out of the bullpen, he pitched in 12 games, compiling a record of 0-0 with a 2.93 ERA, as he pitched in 15.1 innings, giving up six runs, five of which were earned, as he gave up 18 hits. He also struck out nine players, while walking only six. He will come to spring training as a non-roster invitee. Horst, who is a left-hander, will likely be trying to become the late-innings left-handed specialist the Phils want to compliment Antonio Bastardo.
With the move, it is most likely that former Rule 5 pick, Michael Martinez, will be taking Valdez’s place as the Phils’ utility infielder. The less I’ll say about that, the better I’ll feel. Prove us all wrong, Mini-Mart!!!
Sorry to see you go, Wilson, and welcome to the club, Jeremy.
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