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‘Who knew?’ Phillies ace Cole Hamels clears up trade rumors involving Astros, others

Cole Hamels hasn’t ruled out a trade to Astros or any other club.

The Phillies lefthanded ace who’s been on the trade block seemingly forever clarified his stance Saturday in a talk with CSNPhilly.com’s Jim Salisbury.

Hamels did not deny that the Astros are one of 20 teams on his no-trade list.

“I had to make a list back in October,” Hamels told Salisbury. “I came up with a criteria based on a lot of things — winning and losing, family. It was only nine teams. Those teams were in the middle of the pack.