Picked him up & played a RS game with him on HOF difficulty against a WS player. Very impressive. He put in a complete game with 8 strike outs & gave up 1 run (Trout Bomb out of the zone). Very accurate & easy to pitch with. The circle change/cutter combo is deadly against righties. I’ve been looking for my 5th starter & think I found him. You can have a seat Hal...A+ card.
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Good to hear. I picked him up too and have yet to try him. Always like a good cutter/curve lefty. Even better when he has a great change.. which of course, Cole is famous for
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@Yankee_Nation said in Cole Hamels Review:
Picked him up & played a RS game with him on HOF difficulty against a WS player. Very impressive. He put in a complete game with 8 strike outs & gave up 1 run (Trout Bomb out of the zone). Very accurate & easy to pitch with. The circle change/cutter combo is deadly against righties. I’ve been looking for my 5th starter & think I found him. You can have a seat Hal...A+ card.
Just curious, what’s your current rotation ?
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@ChiefChad said in Cole Hamels Review:
@Yankee_Nation said in Cole Hamels Review:
Picked him up & played a RS game with him on HOF difficulty against a WS player. Very impressive. He put in a complete game with 8 strike outs & gave up 1 run (Trout Bomb out of the zone). Very accurate & easy to pitch with. The circle change/cutter combo is deadly against righties. I’ve been looking for my 5th starter & think I found him. You can have a seat Hal...A+ card.
Just curious, what’s your current rotation ?
Kluber, May, Hamels, Mathewson, Maddux
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I've always loved Cole hamels in the show except last year,he always got rocked...the last year online franchise was a thing I joined a league as the Phillies an he went 10-0 for me nobody could hit him...I hope he is really good this year I need a good lefty in my rotation
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@Yankee_Nation said in Cole Hamels Review:
Picked him up & played a RS game with him on HOF difficulty against a WS player. Very impressive. He put in a complete game with 8 strike outs & gave up 1 run (Trout Bomb out of the zone). Very accurate & easy to pitch with. The circle change/cutter combo is deadly against righties. I’ve been looking for my 5th starter & think I found him. You can have a seat Hal...A+ card.
Let us know if you feel the same about him after more than a few games, and not after just one game. Good to hear you have a good start with him, but sustaining those type of stats after a few games gives it more validity.
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@onnagood1 said in Cole Hamels Review:
@Yankee_Nation said in Cole Hamels Review:
Picked him up & played a RS game with him on HOF difficulty against a WS player. Very impressive. He put in a complete game with 8 strike outs & gave up 1 run (Trout Bomb out of the zone). Very accurate & easy to pitch with. The circle change/cutter combo is deadly against righties. I’ve been looking for my 5th starter & think I found him. You can have a seat Hal...A+ card.
Let us know if you feel the same about him after more than a few games, and not after just one game. Good to hear you have a good start with him, but sustaining those type of stats after a few games gives it more validity.
No you’re absolutely right...I just know I personally can usually tell right off the bat if a pitcher just feels good to me & if I’m gonna be able to have success with him, That’s all.
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The cutter is really good this year, could be the difference from last year when he got rocked. I picked him up last night, will use this weekend. I’m hoping he’s the new Greinke from 19.
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He was quite effective for me last year, I’m currently working the market to get my stubs back up to get him. Being a Phillies fan, I just used mine recently on Bohm and Howard, so got to get the bankroll up again.
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@Nanthrax_1 said in Cole Hamels Review:
Good to hear. I picked him up too and have yet to try him. Always like a good cutter/curve lefty. Even better when he has a great change.. which of course, Cole is famous for
I’ve faced him twice in a row on HOF and he’s nasty