What They Said: \u201cWhen we started brainstorming months ago, we quickly thought of Cole, given his decorated career with the Phillies and being a first-round pick. We\u2019ll go to him early and often for pitching insights, relying on his unique perspective, which will only enhance our broadcast.\u201d -MLB Network Producer Chris Roenbeck<\/p>\n
What Remains Unclear: MLB Network <\/a>hasn\u2019t detailed exactly how Hamels\u2019 responsibilities will be divided during the two-day broadcast. It\u2019s also unknown whether his role will extend beyond this year\u2019s draft coverage or lead to additional national assignments with the network.<\/p>\n What It Means: Hamels brings credibility from multiple perspectives. He was a first-round draft selection, developed into a World Series MVP, and has already gained experience behind the microphone in Philadelphia. As a result, MLB Network adds another analyst capable of explaining pitching evaluations while connecting draft prospects to the realities of reaching the major leagues. That combination could strengthen the network\u2019s coverage as baseball spotlights its next generation of talent.<\/p>\n Barrett Media produces daily content on the music, news, and sports media industries.\u00a0Sign up<\/a>\u00a0for our newsletters to stay updated and get the latest information right in your inbox.<\/p>\n Garrett Searight is Barrett Media\u2019s News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in local television. In addition to his work with Barrett Media, he is a radio and TV play-by-play broadcaster. Reach out to him at Garrett@BarrettMedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Network has added Cole Hamels to its MLB Draft coverage this weekend. The former World Series MVP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[37184,5,25000,2291,4,1586,1451,677,3625,29650,4888],"class_list":["post-746397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-draft","tag-barrett-media","tag-baseball","tag-cole-hamels","tag-major-league-baseball-draft","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-draft","tag-mlb-network","tag-nbc","tag-nbc-sports","tag-sports-television","tag-sports-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116884769570729309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Garrett](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Garrett.jpg\"\/)
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