Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2022
Top pitching prospect Caleb Kilian set for Cubs debut Saturday
Ranked the Cubs’ No. 5 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Caleb Kilian was 9-4 with a 2.08 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 170 strikeouts in 155 2/3 innings over 35 career minor-league games.Frank Schwindel was looking forward more to Caleb Kilian’s next trip to the mound than to his own.
Schwindel had mop-up duty in the Cubs’ 14-5 loss to the Cardinals on Friday, making his first pitching appearance in more than a decade.
When was the last time he warmed up? “Probably sophomore year high school,” Schwindel said Saturday. “I was a catcher, so my coach wouldn’t let me do both.”