Phillies trade Hamels to Rangers

As bad as the Phillies are (worst in the National League — WE’RE NUMBER ONE!!!!), there was some pride in having Cole Hamels. Now we don’t. But we needed to trade him, and hopefully the six players we got for him will kick off the rebuilding. We’ll see:

The Phillies traded ace pitcher and 2008 World Series MVP Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers in a deal announced late Wednesday evening. In a deal reported by CSNPhilly’s Jim Salisbury and Jayson Stark of ESPN, Todd Zolecki and others the Phillies have sent Hamels, Jake Diekman and cash to the Rangers. They will receive a…