Cubs select LHP Brendon Little (27th overall) and RHP Alex Lange (30th overall) in first round of 2017 First-Year Player Draft
The MLB draft got underway on Monday night and the Cubs selected two pitchers with the team’s two picks in the first round.
The Cubs tonight selected left-handed pitcher Brendon Little out of the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Bradenton, Fla., with the 27th overall pick and right-handed pitcher Alex Lange out of Louisiana State University with the 30th overall pick in the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
Little was recommended by area scout John Koronka, and Lange was recommended by area scout Kevin Ellis.