GNUru Mailbag: Hoard Hamels?

It really depends how pitching starved you are. I consider Hamels a top-tier SP. He does have some injury history...but some of that was his own doing (bar fight, etc.), and not necessarily pitching related. Penny's a stud, and Escobar has shown flashes of dominance, but not on a consistent year-to-year basis. Personally, I would share in your hesitation to deal Hamels, but couldn't really criticize you a great deal if you took the trade offer either. I'm not sure what the rest of your staff looks like, but just on the players involved, I think I would hang onto Hamels for the time being.