{"id":17005,"date":"2024-12-11T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17005"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:25:57","slug":"report-former-phillies-pitcher-cole-hamels-set-to-return-in-new-roles-for-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17005","title":{"rendered":"Report: Former Phillies Pitcher Cole Hamels Set To Return In New Roles for 2025 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Hot Stove season in Major League Baseball and Cole Hamels is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n<p>Not as a free agent left-handed starter, but as a special instructor at Spring Training and a part of their broadcast team on NBC Sports Philadelphia this season,\u00a0according to Jim Salisbury of PHLY.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast team consists of play-by-play man Tom McCarthy, along with various analysts including John Kruk, Ruben Amaro Jr., and Ben Davis.\u00a0 Mike Schmidt also appears during Sunday home games.<\/p>\n<p>It would makse sense for Hamels to appear during some road broadcast throughout the season in the mid-west or out on the west coast, with his home in Dallas, but no role has been announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>As for his Spring Training role, many former Phillies have made appearances in Clearwater as special instructors and could work with the Phillies pitching staff before the season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Hamels is a member of the 2008 World Series championship team and was the MVP of both the NLCS and World Series, becoming a big-game pitcher. 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