The Cole Hamels rumors just never seem to die. Throughout the offseason, we all heard this and that about how the Red Sox need an ace to succeed. The early struggles of the rotation have done nothing to dispel those rumors (though, at this time, the rotation doesn’t need an ace so much as for the rotation to perform as they were initially advertised), and there have been some new wrinkles in recent days.
Earlier this week, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. suggested that the Phillies would be willing to eat some salary if the Phillies trade Hamels.