How Cubs’ Eric Stout made it back to MLB after four years, with his hometown team

Cubs lefty Eric Stout, a Glen Ellyn native, pitched for Saint Francis in high school. (Sun-Times Media Lake County New)

Left-hander Eric Stout had to make a choice. The Cubs and Royals held pre-draft workouts on the same day leading up to the 2014 MLB Draft. 

​​”I told [the Royals], ‘I’m going to Wrigley, I have to go to Wrigley,” recalled Stout, a Glen Ellyn native. “And they ended up still picking me, which I’m blessed that I had that opportunity as well.”