Cole Hamels Blocks Trade to Astros?

So he doesnt want to play for a winner?

Cool. He can stay in that doldrum all day long.

 

How about a link?

Or at the least a description of who the hell Bob Allen is and why we should believe this.

 

I just don't understand blocking an Astros trade but not a Rangers trade.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source tells <a href="https://twitter.com/BobAllenKHOU">@BobAllenKHOU</a> that Phillies LHP Cole Hamels has blocked (for now) any possible trade to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a>. Rangers &amp; Yankees are in play</p>&mdash; Daniel Gotera (@DTGoteraKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/DTGoteraKHOU/status/613125802817888256">June 22, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Hmm, curious to know who we offered. Probably a shortstop among others.

 

Bob Allen has been with KHOU 11 since last year.

He's been in Houston for 30+ years.

 

That's fine, he doesn't deserve a winner.

 

Would rather go after Kazmir anyways. It usually doesn't work out when a player has no interest in being there in the first place.

 

Might be true but no reason to fret. Could be his way of forcing a better deal for the Phillies.

 

Who's his agent? Despite the success this year, we seem to forget some of the issues this front office had with other teams/agents that rubbed many the wrong way.

Will take more than a half season of success to change some minds, rehab the brand/image and sway ideologies.

Also, Hamels fits the douche factor better in southern Oklahoma.

 

I guess not too surprising?

 

Allen was at Channel 13 for 38.5 years. He been at Channel 11 since April of 2013. Thus, 40+ years.

 

Why would he want to force his new team to trade away more players to his old team?

I believe he has a list of teams he can veto, so I assume Houston is on that list. I think he has a team option for the last year of his contract, so it could be a way to force a team he's not super-excited about to pick up the option.

 

Never heard that as a reason before.

In the end, Astros have to move on (cueto is the better get for now, and still allows future payroll flexibility). There's also no rule that a player has to waive his no trade clause simply to go to a winning team.

 

So 30+ doesn't equal to 40?

If Hamels doesn't want to be here, so be it, I'd rather have someone who wants to be here.

 

i guess he doesn't want to win a world series.