Caleb Kilian’s return ticket to Triple-A Iowa included some of the improvements he needs to make in the wake of his outing Saturday.
Manager David Ross allowed Kilian, who gave up three runs in five innings in a 7-4 loss to the rival Cardinals in his ballyhooed major-league debut, to assess his start and identify ways he could get better.
“There are some things I agreed with,”Ross said Sunday, adding that Cubs president Jed Hoyer and pitching coach Tommy Hottovy were involved in the conversation. “[Kilian] has an awareness about where he wants to continue to grow and get better, a lot of baseball conversation.