Jonathan Papelbon and Jimmy Rollins Don’t Want the Phillies to Trade Cole Hamels


As a few Phillies gear up for Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, the rest of the team—and Phils fans everywhere—debate the looming issue of Cole Hamels and his expiring contract. The team’s closer Jonathan Papelbon told the media in Kansas City that he doesn’t think the clubhouse would take a Hamels trade very well. Phillies veteran Jimmy Rollins agreed, saying that a Hamels trade wouldn’t make sense and that the organization shouldn’t, “hit the panic button. [The Zo Zone]