Rangers acquire RHPs Eddie Butler and Rollie Lacy and a player to be named later

The Texas Rangers today announced that the club has acquired right-handed pitchers Eddie Butler and Rollie Lacy and a player to be named later from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels and cash considerations.  
Butler will join the Rangers this weekend in Houston with Lacy being assigned from Myrtle Beach to Down East in the Carolina League.
Butler, 27, has gone 1-1 with a 4.08 ERA (8 ER/17.2 IP) over 8 relief appearances with the Cubs this season. He has held opponents to a .242 batting average with 7 walks/11 strikeouts and a 1.30 WHIP figure. Butler earned the win for Chicago yesterday in a comeback 7-6 walkoff victory over the Diamondbacks. He spent over two months on the disabled list from April 20-July 23 due to a right groin strain sustained on April 19 and made 5 starts in an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Iowa.
Butler was picked in the 35th round of the 2009 June draft by the Rangers, but did not sign and was selected 46th overall (1st round) in the 2012 draft by Colorado. He has an 11-20 record with a 5.71 ERA over 57 games/39 starts in the major leagues with the Rockies (2014-16) and Cubs (2017-18).
The 23-year-old Lacy has combined to go 5-2 with a 2.45 ERA (22 ER/80.2 IP) over 18 games/12 starts with Low-A South Bend and High-A Myrtle Beach in the Cubs organization. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound Lacy has averaged 10.5 strikeouts per 9 innings and just 2.7 walks per 9 innings. In 110.0 professional innings, Lacy has averaged just 2.3 walks per 9 innings and 0.5 home runs per 9 innings. 
He opened the season in the bullpen at South Bend, but shifted to the rotation on May 6 and went 4-1 with a 2.05 ERA (12 ER/52.2 IP) over 10 starts. Lacy held opposing batters to .219/.290/.294/.583 slash line as a starter at South Bend. He was promoted to Myrtle Beach on July 11 and has made 2starts for the Pelicans. The right-hander is in his second professional season after he was chosen by the Cubs in 11th round of the 2017 June Draft out of Creighton University. The Minnesota native was a three-time All-Big East First Team selection at Creighton.
Hamels is 5-9 with a 4.72 ERA in 20 starts with the Rangers in 2018. Acquired from Philadelphia on July 31, 2015, the left-hander is 38-21 with a 3.90 ERA in 88 starts with Texas. His .644 winning percentage is the second highest in club history (50 or more decisions). He went 7-1 in 12 starts in 2015 and defeated the Los Angeles Angels on the final day of the regular season to win the A.L. West Division title. Hamels went 15-5 in 2016 to earn the club's Pitcher of the Year Award and was 11-6 a year ago when he made only 24 starts due to injury.
Hamels as a career Major League record of 152-111 with a 3.34 ERA and 2341 strikeouts in 383 games/382 starts with the Phillies (2006-15) and Rangers.
The Rangers' Major League roster remains at 40 players, along with five players on the 60-day disabled list.