Conestoga High School graduate and Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Brendon Little made his Major League Baseball debut against the Toronto Blue Jays last week, writes Ethan Duer for Sports Illustrated. 

The 26-year-old left-handed relief pitcher was picked by the Cubs in the first round of the 2017 MLB draft. 

Little’s fastball sits in the low 90s and his curveball is in the high 70s. He saw his first bout of success with his current team in 2019 with High-A South Bend.

He particularly began to draw attention from the Cubs last year, after transitioning to the bullpen. He pitched in 26 games over 41 2/3 innings for Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa with a 3.24 ERA. He also recorded dominant strikeout numbers. 

He achieved his 12.76 K/9 career best at any level with Iowa in 2021. 

Then after an injury sidelined him at the beginning of this year, he made up for the slow start with a dominant July and August in Triple-A, where he posted an electric 1.06 ERA across both months. 

Read more about Brendon Little in Sports Illustrated.