Cole Hamels News

He's never going to be compared to Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, or Cole Hamels. He's not going to win a Cy Young award or even make an All-Star team.

David Wright may accept a day off from manager Terry Collins, but the Mets third baseman will never ask for one.

With the high school baseball season just behind us, American Legion ball under way and the Gastonia Grizzlies slated to open at home on Tuesday, America's Pastime is settling into its spot on the local sports calendar.

It goes without saying, but the 2012 season for the Phillies has been a fairly odd one.

If there were ever a moment when Ike Davis appeared bound for the minors, it was during his final at-bat Wednesday afternoon in Pittsburgh.

Cole Hamels didn't hit any Washington batters this time, and the Nationals hitters barely touched Hamels.

Last night was a tale of two Hefners. While the Mets youngster looked pretty good in the first two innings of his outing last night, the Padres came back from the rain delay with bats that looked unstoppable .

"They made plays we didn't," Davey Johnson told reporters after last night's loss to the Philadephia Phillies.

Looking over the pitching leaders in the NL over the past seven days has made it tough to whittle the candidates down to a list of the best five.

As the Phillies continue to sluggishly plug along, one of their three All-Star starters continues to live up to the "ace" moniker.

Philadelphia's Cole Hamels has easily vaulted into the top-five echelon of fantasy pitchers this season.

There is more than one lefty on the Philadelphia Phillies, but this one is Jake Diekman.

The Orioles finally heeded the call of prospect hounds everywhere when they promoted uber pitching prospect Dylan Bundy on Wednesday.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

Carlos Beltran hit his NL-leading 14th home run and the Cardinals beat up on former St.

Cole Hamels pitched eight scoreless innings, finishing up by retiring Bryce Harper on a grounder as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a season-long four-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Cole Hamels tossed eight scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided getting swept by the Washington Nationals with a 4-1 win in the finale of a three-game set.

Nats' skipper Davey Johnson told reporters last night that Washington Nationals ' third baseman Ryan Zimmermann just had a "little bit of soreness" in his right shoulder yesterday, so the manager made the decision to have him sit for the second game of two with Philadelphia in Citizens Bank so he could come back for the series finale and then take ... (more)

Ticket to Wednesday's series finale between the Phillies and Nationals ? Check. Money for cheesesteaks and beer? Check.

Last season's playoff exit not only ended the Philadelphia Phillies ' season, but also Cliff Lee 's streak of two-consecutive World Series appearances.