If the Detroit Tigers can ever right the ship in time to be considered serious buyers at the trading deadline, they may have an additional hurdle in obtaining one of the top names in the Trade Deadline Hot Stove League.
That name is former World Series MVP Cole Hamels. The Philadelphia Phillies ace has been linked to pretty much every team shopping later this month and the Tigers name has come up since they have been one of the most active movers at the deadline in recent years.
But when signing his massive contract a few years back, Hamels including the Tigers as a team on his no-trade clause.