The Phillies will not give in to an unsatisfactory deal for ace Cole Hamels, which could result in him sticking around for a while, an executive from an interested team was told by a Phillies representative, per CBSSports.com Baseball Insider Jon Heyman.
Hamels has nine pre-approved teams on his list. Boston is considered among them, but the San Diego native is also believed to be interesting in returning to that state. He would, however, be forced to accept a trade to any of those teams.
The left-hander is coming off two fine outings. He has allowed just two earned runs in his last 14 innings pitched to lower his ERA to 3.02.