Cardinals prospect Zack Thompson’s No. 57 jersey hangs Thursday afternoon at a locker inside the team’s spring training clubhouse. Thompson, a first-round pick in 2018, is the first player to wear No. 57 since Darryl Kile in 2002, the year Kile died while a starter for the Cardinals. The team has decided to reintroduce the number, selecting Thompson for what officials consider an honor. (Photo courtesy of Mark Walsh)
Photo courtesy of Mark WalshJUPITER, Fla. – The number, heavy with history, was hung with care and purpose at prospect Zack Thompson’s locker this week.
When the Cardinals decided the time was right to stitch it onto a red jersey again, they wanted to choose someone right to carry its weight back up the mound for the first time in nearly two decades.