#Cole Hamels

The Toronto Blue Jays continue to try and break out of the giant shadows cast by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the AL East ahead of the 2023 season. While general manager Ross Atkins and president Mark Shapiro have undergone heavy criticism for not pulling the trigger in the past, they have made some solid moves this winter, ahead of a…

The Chicago Cubs are just 7-13 in their last 20 games on the road. The Cubs will try to get the job done on the road on Tuesday night in the first game of a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Chicago is a -125 road favorite on the MLB odds in Philadelphia at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Jose Quintana gets the start for…

2020 was mostly a year to forget, including for the Texas Rangers. Even with a down year nearly in the rear view mirror, though, there's always room for a little beacon of hope, or a glimmer of optimism, as we prepare to usher in 2021. The new year gives us a time to reflect on the past, as well as on what the future has to offer. We recently…

The Atlanta Braves are in the market for a shortstop after they were unable to reach an extension with Dansby Swanson over the course of the final year. He just happened to put up a career year, inflating his value heading into the open market. We've covered the Swanson situation up and down at Tomahawk Take. Before we proceed with the negativity,…

Two-time National League Cy Young Award winner and four-time All-Star Jacob deGrom rejected the qualifying offer Tuesday, and is now a free agent, free to sign with any team. The New York Mets are the betting favorites to retain their ace, but where could deGrom go, if he were to sign with another team on the open market? Here are five potential…

The Miami Marlins (28-26) are at Truist Park for the second game of a four-game series against the Atlanta Braves (32-22) Tuesday. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Braves-Marlins MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets. Series: Atlanta leads 1-0. RHP Jose Urena vs. RHP Bryse Wilson Urena: 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA, 1.53…

Imagine traveling back to May 2022 and getting a Mets fan, a Braves fan, and a Phillies fan into a room and telling the Phillies fan they would be the last team standing in the NL East. After the Mets and Braves fans stopped laughing, the Phillies fan would probably take a swing for getting their hopes up. Somehow, someway, that's the exact…

We're still several days away from the first pitch of the 2022 Fall Classic, but the betting markets for World Series MVP are officially underway. Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros is the top favorite on the board at BetMGM Sportsbook at+600. Through 29 at-bats in the playoffs, Alvarez has two home runs, including two game-winners in the ALDS…

Will we have a little revenge 11 years in the making this weekend in the NL Wild Card series between the #6 Philadelphia Phillies and #3 St. Louis Cardinals? In 2011, Philadelphia won 102 games and the NL East title, led by the late, great Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels. And in the final series of the MLB regular season, they swept the…

There is something about heartbreak as a sports fan that sticks with you above almost anything else, even the ultimate success. As a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, the 2003 season is just as vivid a memory for me as the 2016 World Series title, and every fanbase has that missed opportunity that haunts them even when the team is doing well. Ahead we've…