Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jason Hammel was on fire in the freezing cold on Sunday as he shut out the Indians for six frames. Unfortunately, Hammel came away without a decision as the bullpen coughed up the small lead. The 35-year-old is still a risky play for fantasy owners, as he's clearly towards the end of his career and unpredictable from outing to outing. He only had one month last season where his ERA was under 4.50, and owners shouldn't expect good outings like this to be the ne[...]

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Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler has had a lackluster year, but he has a favorable matchup today against the Royals and Jason Hammel. Kinsler has faced Hammel 12 times and gathered five hits against Hammel in his career. It could be just what Kinsler needs to break out of the 3-for-24 slump[...]

As the fortunes of the Kansas City Royals have gone, so have those of starting pitcher Jason Hammel. Hammel's atrocious start to the season that left him with a 1-6 record at the end of May coincided Kansas City's own AL-worst 23-30 record at that time. However, both have gone on a tear since then. [...]

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jason Hammel bragged about how his new approach of squaring up the batters more had led to his recent quality start against the Yankees, but then he got rocked by the Tigers on Memorial Day. Hammel was chased after just 4 1/3 innings and charged with four earned r[...]

Jason Hammel was battered for 13 hits and six earned runs by the Rays last week, and as a reward, he gets to face a much tougher Yankees lineup on Tuesday. Hammel has struggled mightily in 2017, posting a hideous 5.97 ERA as he's already accumulated four losses on the season. [...]

Jason Hammel looked sharp against the Giants on Tuesday night as he only gave up one run in six innings to earn his first quality start of 2017. Hammel struck out three and walked one while allowing six hits. Hammel is a consistent innings-eater who has deep-league value due to his dependability. He[...]

Jason Hammel struggled against Oakland on Wednesday night en route to getting tagged with his first loss of the season. Hammel allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. [...]

The Royals went out and signed a stable veteran pitcher to bolster their rotation, which could turn out to be an underrated signing.

Heading into tonight’s matchup against the Cincinnati Reds, right-hander Jason Hammel had been having a rough September. In two starts, he’d conceded 19 hits and 12 runs across 11 innings. Badly needing to get back on track, he did just that with a brilliant performance. The 33-year-old tossed s[...]