There will not be any Cole Hamels vs. Jerad Eickhoff charts or graphs in this article. There will not be any Cole Hamels vs. Jerad Eickhoff charts or graphs in this article. There will not be any Cole Hamels vs. Jerad Eickhoff charts or graphs in this article. There will not be any Cole Hamels vs. Jerad Eickhoff charts or graphs in this article.
OK, whew, glad we got that out of the way first. Alright, there's not anything wrong with those charts or graphs per se and it's hard to talk about Eickhoff without mentioning Hamels, but let's just sum things up in this way: Cole Hamels was a really great pitcher here for a long time, and despite a higher walk rate this season, he was pretty darn good for the Rangers until his last few starts.