Grabbing The Rum Hamels

I haven’t been too kind to Cole Hamels this season, but he hasn’t been kind to us! Entering last night, he had a 4.12 ERA that was obnoxiously close to his...

I haven't been too kind to Cole Hamels this season, but he hasn't been kind to us! Entering last night, he had a 4.12 ERA that was obnoxiously close to his 4.53 K/9, with a 3.30 BB/9, 5.08 FIP and everything looked terrible. But he took advantage of the Angels to the tune of 7.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 6 Ks and that's two straight respectable starts with 6 Ks apiece. I don't think any of us are ready to say that Hamels is now Top 40 again after doing well against the White Sox and Angels, but I would consider him as a decent buy low option. He's not as terrible as his pre-injury numbers dictated and his Changeup was on like the old days last night. I imagine the price is far from expensive and you might have yourself a solid #4 for your squad in the second half.

Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:

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Nick Pollack

Founder of Pitcher List. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Worked with MSG, FanGraphs, CBS Sports, and Washington Post. Former college pitcher, travel coach, pitching coach, and Brandeis alum. Wants every pitcher to be dope.

13 responses to “Grabbing The Rum Hamels”

  1. Soggy Arm says:

    Clev was great in this same matchup on the road. 7 Ks thru 6; 1 run (yeah 5 BB). I don’t think this a, It was all good just a week ago…situation.

    • Nick Pollack says:

      I’m inclined to think you’re right about that, just we haven’t seen Clevinger really get into a steady groove yet, making me question if he can be consistent and produce again today.

  2. jakewill says:

    I hate to be that guy, but I’m going to for a sec- the apostrophe is in the wrong spot in y’all at the bottom.

    Love the site tho! You do great stuff all the time here.

  3. Anthony says:

    James Paxton-aces gonna ace.

    • Nick Pollack says:

      He’s close, give me at least one more great outing and it’ll be tough not to lay it on him.

  4. Soggy Arm says:

    Off topic a bit, but can’t find the answer. How long can you keep activated players on the DL on yahoo? I’ve got Britton, Aaron Sanchez, and Conforto there. Not ready to activate any of them yet.

    • Nick Pollack says:

      My understanding is forever, but you can’t make a transaction with them still on it after they have been activated.

  5. eugene purdy says:

    I don’t want to say anything or nothin’ but…………….did you see the box score of the Atlanta game AT Washington? (Notice I didn’t even mention Teheran’s name. Not once.)

    On a different note, I think Chris Archer could use a change of scenery. It’s speculative but It seems like he is losing a little focus on a team he is more likely to lose 20 than win 20. Kind of like Chris Sale with the White Sox, although I don’t think Archer is ready to cut up uniforms just yet. We create the environment but, like Teheran on the road or Matt Carpenter might hit better if the Cards keep him at 2nd base, the environment also re-creates us.

  6. WasntMe says:

    Who would you own want to own ROS: Straily or Morton?

  7. Chucky says:

    Wow nice call on Castillo @ Az. Ballz call.

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