Cole Hamels #35 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Cole Hamels will sign with the Dodgers, not the Phillies.
This one stings: the Los Angeles Dodgers are close to signing former Philadelphia Phillies World Series MVP Cole Hamels.
After Dave Dombrowski’s comments earlier this week that a reunion with Hamels was a “longshot,” news broke on Wednesday morning that the veteran starter would, indeed, be donning a different uniform:
Hamels will join a pitching staff full of veteran stars, including Clayton Kershaw, David Price, and the newly acquired Max Scherzer.