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Thompson still seeking big league success
- Updated: August 24, 2016
CHICAGO — Jake Thompson needs answers and he needs them badly. Right now, he is coming up empty.
Thompson got hit hard again Wednesday night in a 9-1 loss to the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. He allowed seven runs in five innings as he fell to 1-3 with a 9.78 ERA through four big league starts. He is tied with Alec Asher for the second-highest ERA in franchise history for a pitcher who started his first four big league games.
Only Mike Maddux fared worse. He posted a 9.98 ERA through four starts in 1986.
“I don’t really have the answer right now to fix it,” Thompson said. “I feel I’m certainly a lot better than my performance has indicated.”
Certainly Thompson had been billed as much better than this, ranking as the Phillies’ fifth-best prospect and No. 66 across baseball. A key piece in the Cole Hamels trade with Texas in July 2015, Thompson went 8-0 with a 1.21 ERA in his final 11 starts this year with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, solidifying his status as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. He struck out 42 and walked 18 in 74 1/3 innings with …
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