The Phillies left-handed ace has signed a three year extension worth $20.5 million according to various MLB sources this morning. According to the New York Post, Hamels will receive $4.35 million in 2009, $6.65 million in 2010 and $9.5 million in 2011. If Hamels is able to win the Cy Young Award, the pitcher can expect his to rise in 2010 and/or 2011, by approximately 500,000 the following season.
Cole Hamels who is only 24 years old, led the “Fightin Phils” rotation and went 14-10 with a 3.39 ERA during the Phillies Championship season. In Hamels’ three year career with the Phillies he has recorded over 518 total strikeouts and averages a 3.43 ERA with a total of 543 innings pitched.
Hamels was a major key in the Phillies success last season winning 5 games for the Phillies in the postseason and recording a win in his only start against the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series.
with Ryan Howard seeing how much Cole just cashed in for, the leading strikeout., err, homerun man for the Phightins is going to want to cash in really big on the arbritration market. Will the Phillies be able to lock him up for much longer? I don’t think so. Even though i’m a huge fan, i doubt we’ll be able to keep locking him up on these one year deals before this fish swims to bigger waters…maybe even home to St. Louis…hopefully not tho.
The $10 million Howard made last year for his one-year deal is a record for first-time arbitration-eligible players. It will be tough to keep him in Philly, but I think he will hang around for a few more years before moving to bigger waters…hopefully