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There will be an important baseball audition Friday. In the language of the game, it’s a “showcase,” an opportunity for a player to show his stuff to major league teams curious to find out whether he has what it takes to help them down this season’s stretch. Teams like the KC Royals might attend just to see if he’s worth a shot.
For Cole Hamels, the event may be his final chance to convince a team—perhaps any team—he can still pitch.
Hamels, a lefthanded starter who once dominated hitters for the Phillies and Rangers, tried but failed to for the Cubs, and remains an unsigned free agent after pitching only once last season, will display his wares to interested clubs Friday in Texas.