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  6. article_body => "<p>It didn\u2019t seem like Cole Hamels was likely to return to the Cubs considering they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/chicago\/cubs\/why-cubs-didnt-tender-cole-hamels-qualifying-offer\" target=\"_blank\">didn\u2019t tender him a qualifying offer<\/a>, but it is now reality that Hamels is leaving the North Side.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1202276084273819649\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan reported<\/a> that Hamels has agreed to a one-year, $18 million deal with the Braves. The deal has since become official.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Braves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Braves<\/a> Sign Cole Hamels: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0H1lzw2YDk\">pic.twitter.com\/0H1lzw2YDk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Braves\/status\/1202304281409474561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<br \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The qualifying offer he would have received from the Cubs would have been $17.8 million, just under what he ended up getting from the Braves.<\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most of the teams bidding for Cole Hamels weren&#39;t offering more than $15 million, but he had plenty of suitors before Atlanta stepped up.<\/p>&mdash; Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1202279636274573315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<br \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This now leaves the Cubs with a question as to who will be the team\u2019s fifth starter next season. Yu Darvish, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester, and Jos\u00e9 Quintana are under contract and figure to lock in the top four rotation spots.&nbsp;Tyler Chatwood, Adbert Alzolay and Alec Mills all figure to be candidates for that spot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hamels turns 36 two days after Christmas and an oblique injury limited him in the second half of last season. He had a 2.98 ERA before the All-Star break and a 5.79 ERA in 42 innings after it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hamels was a big part of the Cubs\u2019 push in 2018 when he had a 2.36 ERA in 12 starts after arriving from Texas just before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PxAcKd\">Click here<\/a> to download the new MyTeams App by NBC Sports! Receive comprehensive coverage of your teams and stream <a href=\"[embed]https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/chicago\/cubs \"&gt;Cubs games&lt;\/a&gt; easily on your device.&lt;\/em&gt;[\/embed] \n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n"
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It didn’t seem like Cole Hamels was likely to return to the Cubs considering they didn’t tender him a qualifying offer, but it is now reality that Hamels is leaving the North Side.

ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Hamels has agreed to a one-year, $18 million deal with the Braves. The deal has since become official.


The qualifying offer he would have received from the Cubs would have been $17.8 million, just under what he ended up getting from the Braves.


This now leaves the Cubs with a question as to who will be the team’s fifth starter next season. Yu Darvish, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester, and José Quintana are under contract and figure to lock in the top four rotation spots. Tyler Chatwood, Adbert Alzolay and Alec Mills all figure to be candidates for that spot.

Hamels turns 36 two days after Christmas and an oblique injury limited him in the second half of last season. He had a 2.98 ERA before the All-Star break and a 5.79 ERA in 42 innings after it.

Hamels was a big part of the Cubs’ push in 2018 when he had a 2.36 ERA in 12 starts after arriving from Texas just before the trade deadline.

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