I typically write several posts at once and then schedule them to go live daily at 7:00 a.m. I wrote yesterday's Brandon Hughes post on Saturday morning. Later that day he was placed on the IL and Caleb Kilian was called up to take his roster spot.
Kilian came to the Cubs in the 2021 fire sale, from the Giants for Kris Bryant. He pitched a little for the Cubs last year but was not very good. His so-so performance in spring training meant he would start the season in AAA. But injuries on the Cubs staff created some openings and Kilian got the call.
He started on Satuday night against the Marlins and it did not go well. He was tagged for five runs in the first inning and it took him 40 pitches to get three outs. He ended up going 3 1/3 innings and gave up seven earned runs. That's the kind of outing that gets you a ticket back to Des Moines, which is what he was given on Sunday.
But Topps has Kilian as one of their rookie golden boys. He has a card in Series One and the factory team set. I'll bet that he'll be included in Heritage when it comes out in May. Topps also included Kilian in the 1989 autograph insert set. I picked up the card in March on the hunch that he would pitch for the Cubs some time during the season.
Isn't that nice of Topps to make a certified autograph card of a guy with a career ERA of 12.27? All I can say is that I now have cards of all 154 of the players that have a certified autograph that shows them as a Cub in a season that they played for the Cubs.
| Terry Adams | Mike Fontenot | Derrek Lee | Chris Rusin |
| Arismendy Alcantara | Kevin Foster | Jon Leiber | Addison Russell |
| Albert Almora | Dexter Fowler | Jon Lester | Jeff Samardzija |
| Moises Alou | Jackson Frazier | Cole Liniak | Rey Sanchez |
| Adbert Alzolay | Kyuji Fujikawa | Greg Maddux | Ryne Sandberg |
| Jake Arrieta | Kosuke Fukudome | Nick Madrigal | Kyle Schwarber |
| Javier Baez | Sam Fuld | Dave Magadan | Scott Servais |
| Darwin Barney | Sean Gallagher | Dillon Maples | Jorge Soler |
| Francis Beltran | Nomar Garciaparra | Carlos Marmol | Alfonso Soriano |
| David Bote | Matt Garza | Sean Marshall | Sammy Sosa |
| Milton Bradley | Leo Gomez | Alec Mills | Geovany Soto |
| Roosevelt Brown | Tom Gorzelanny | Scott Moore | Steve Smyth |
| Kris Bryant | Kevin Gregg | Matt Murton | Justin Steele |
| Scott Bullett | Angel Guzman | Rod Myers | Marcus Stroman |
| Freddie Bynum | Jason Hammel | Thomas Neal | Seiya Suzuki |
| Marlon Byrd | Todd Haney | James Norwood | Matt Szczur |
| Jeimer Candelario | Ian Happ | Roberto Novoa | Ryan Theriot |
| Victor Caratini | Brendan Harris | Will Ohman | Keegan Thompson |
| Andrew Cashner | Kevin Hart | Augie Ojeda | Ozzie Timmons |
| Larry Cassian | Kyle Hendricks | Mike Olt | Steve Trachsel |
| Frank Castillo | Jason Heyward | Ryan O'Malley | Duane Underwood |
| Welington Castillo | Jose Hernandez | Kevin Orie | Jermaine Van Buren |
| Starlin Castro | Bobby Hill | Angel Pagan | Nelson Velazquez |
| Ronny Cedeno | Rich Hill | Bob Patterson | Josh Vitters |
| Rocky Cherry | Nico Hoerner | Eric Patterson | Todd Walker |
| Matt Clement | Micah Hoffpauir | Corey Patterson | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Steve Clevenger | Brandon Hughes | David Patton | Randy Wells |
| Buck Coats | Cesar Izturis | Joc Pederson | Turk Wendell |
| Tyler Colvin | Brett Jackson | Carlos Pena | Jerome Williams |
| Willson Contreras | Reed Johnson | Billy Petrick | Patrick Wisdom |
| Juan Cruz | Jacque Jones | Felix Pie | Kerry Wood |
| Yu Darvish | Matt Karchner | Lou Piniella | Travis Wood |
| Wade Davis | David Kelton | Mark Prior | Michael Wuertz |
| Blake DeWitt | Brooks Kieschnick | Brooks Raley | Carlos Zambrano |
| Rafael Dolis | Caleb Kilian | Aramis Ramirez | Rob Zastryzny |
| Scott Downs | Craig Kimbrel | Alfonso Rivas | Ben Zobrist |
| Jason Dubuois | Bryan LaHair | Anthony Rizzo | Julio Zuleta |
| Carl Edwards | Tommy LaStella | Henry Rodriguez | |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Junior Lake | Manuel Rodriquez |
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