Cole Hamels

The Stark Report for 7.2.15: It's been quite a wild 7 days since the Stark Report last occurred, with the resignation of Ryen Sandberg and the hiring of new leadership in Andy MacPhail. Stark talked about the hiring of MacPhail and described him as a very "slow, patient and deliberate" kind of person...

According to FOX Sports' MLB insider Jon Morosi the Rangers and Phillies are having "ongoing dialogue" about a Cole Hamels trade and that the left-hander is willing to waive his no-trade clause to pitch for the Rangers.

You may be able to wait past 2017 or 2018 to reorder your Phillies season tickets. In an interview with reporters yesterday, Phillies president Pat Gillick spoke on a number of pressing issues and admitted that the rebuild may "take a little longer" than the previous three or four year timeline he placed on it...

In this week's Stark Report, we discussed his ESPN.com peice on Phillies ace  Cole Hamels, who he lists as the top trade candidate this trade season.

Phillies ace Cole Hamels had to be scratched from his scheduled start against the Cardinals on Friday, but he is on track to make his next scheduled start on Wednesday against the Yankees at Yankees Stadium.

Due to a mild right hamstring strain, Cole Hamels will not make his scheduled start tomorrow against the Cardinals, Phillippe Aumont will start in his place. As I wrote about one month ago, Aumont was hoping for just one more shot in his new role as a starting pitcher with Lehigh Valley where he has pitched well in 10 starts he is 3-4 with a 2...

With the July 31st trade line fast approaching, Ruben Amaro Jr. has some major decisions to make for the future of this team.

The trade season is just about here for the Philadelphia Phillies and Ruben Amaro should be busy. The Phillies, by the count of Jayson Stark should have about seven players that they would like to unload including pitchers Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang and Johnathan Papelbon...

Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels has a big fan in Astros executive and strikeout king Nolan Ryan.

Just as it seemed the Philadelphia Phillies were building momentum, they once again were stopped dead in their tracks, dropping a season-worst seven in a row. And just as before, it's a lack of consistent production from the offense that persists...