The last time a homegrown Cubs pitcher made an All-Star team, he was traded two days before the selection was announced.
Until some damn writer mentioned the possibility to him after he beat the Cardinals 7-5 with his longest career outing Thursday night.
He doesn’t have qualifying innings because Thursday’s victory was just his fourth start as the team’s swingman and top spot starter. If he did, his 1.08 WHIP also would be among the league leaders. But even Kilian doesn’t represent what Thompson does, as a homegrown player drafted in the third round out of Auburn in 2017.
You have to go back to 2008 for the last time the Cubs had a homegrown pitcher who was still on the team when he was selected and consequently wearing the uniform for the game — when three guys made it, all of whom are now out of baseball: Carlos Zambrano, Kerry Wood and Carlos Marmol. “We were aggressive to spend. We were aggressive to trade prospects,” said Hoyer, who succeeded Epstein as team president before last season. “And as we were trading those prospects, we weren’t developing that next wave underneath it. That hurt us.”
Ross isn’t making any commitments to Thompson’s role as a starter. But neither Miley and Smyly have solid timelines for their returns; Smyly suggested Thursday his might take the four to five weeks it took for him to return from an oblique injury as a rookie 10 years ago.
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