The Cubs selected right-handed pitcher Alex Lange from Louisiana State University with the 30th pick in the 2017 MLB draft. The number one starter for the Tigers, Lange came to the Cubs armed with what was considered the best curveball in the draft. Because he’d already pitched 130 innings during his final college season, he was limited to just nine innings of professional action.
As such, there are still a lot of questions about Lange heading into 2018: Exactly who is he as a pitcher? What he will be working on? Where he will be doing it? How fast he can get to the next level?