The Cubs drafted two lefties who routinely touch or exceed triple digits, one who sounds like the sheriff of a Wild West boom town and the other whose name is an antiphrasis. Burl Carraway was TCU’s closer this past season and is widely viewed as the most likely member of his draft class to debut first, maybe even this season if MLB comes to an agreement. The 6-foot-8 Luke Little went viral when a clip from his bullpen session showed him hitting 105 on the radar gun.
Both pitchers represent a break from the Cubs’ previous draft strategy, which was based more on perceived safety and volume.