Cole Hamels left-handed pitcher was traded to the Cubs

July 27, 2018 – 2:29 pm

The Chicago Cubs acquired the Texas Rangers Cole Hamels on Friday for several minor league prospects.

The Cubs also received Rangers money considerations.

Cole Hamels was traded for two pitchers and money

Texas acquired right-handers Eddie Butler and Rollie Lacy in trading for Cole Hamels . Butler, 27, is 1-1 with a 4.08 ERA in eight appearances with the Cubs this season and 0-3 with a 8.10 ERA in five starts in Iowa, Triple-A. Lacy, 23, is 5-2 with a 2.45 ERA in 18 appearances (12 starts) in two levels of the Cubs system. He is currently a member of the High A team at Myrtle Beach

. The clubs have agreed to negotiate Thursday and Friday, pending physical examinations of the players involved, the source said.

Chicago redoubled efforts on Thursday, after missing JA left Happ, who was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees
Hamels, 34, has a record of 5-9 and a 4.72 ERA this season, but he was much better on the road. that they feel comfortable in Texas, when they record the average of the races acquired 2.93. He gave 16 homers in 59 innings and 7 homers in 55.1 on the road

Hamels could be integrated into the starting rotation of the Cubs instead of Tyler Chatwood or Mike Montgomery. Chatwood beat six batters in the 7-6 win over Arizona on Thursday, posting 85 passports in 94 innings.

Star player four times, Hamels has a record of 152-111, with 3.43 points earned in the league. He played for Philadelphia from 2006 to 2015 and won a World Series, a World Series MVP trophy, and the MVP of the National League Championship Series, with them, in 2008. On July 25, 2015, at his last opening For the Phillies, before being traded to the Texas Rangers, Hamels launched without a shot at Wrigley Field

The Cubs referred to this non-hit in a tweet after the announcement of the 39; agreement.

Cole Hamels completed six starts at Wrigley, where he is 3-1 with a 1.76 ERA.

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