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Mike Thompson to Pirates
By Chad Gramling | December 22, 2007
Yesterday (December 21), the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they had signed the former Fort Wayne Wizards right-handed starting pitcher, Mike Thompson, to a minor league deal and invited him to Spring Training.
Mike Thompson was a fifth-round pick by the San Diego Padres back in 1999. He spent parts of the 2000 and 2001 campaigns in Fort Wayne with the Wizards where he appeared in 7 total games, striking out 18 hitters and walking almost as many over 32.1 innings. He broke into the big leagues in 2006 with Padres. While there he we 4-5 over 19 games with a 4.99 earned run average. He broke camp with the Padres in 2007 and appeared in seven games before being downgraded to Triple-A Portland. In that role, the 27-year-old Thompson pitched in 23 games; going 4-11 with a 6.29 ERA. In 132 2/3 innings, he struck out 71 batters and walked 40.
[tags]Mike Thompson, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Starting Pitchers, Free Agents, Minor League, Fort Wayne Wizards, Fort Wayne, Ft. Wayne, Baseball in Fort Wayne[/tags]
