Luke Little #43

Made his Major League debut Sept. 6, 2023 vs. San Francisco after beginning 2023 with High-A South Bend...Was named a 2023 Southern League Postseason All-Star...Was selected by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 2020 draft...Attended San Jacinto College, North Campus (Texas)...Graduated from East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C.... Ranked first in strikeouts in Southwestern 4A Boys Baseball and sixth in Division 4A Boys Baseball and 29th in North Carolina in Spring 2018, per MaxPreps...Was committed to the University of South Carolina prior to being drafted.

2025

Luke made two relief appearances with the Cubs in 2025, allowing one earned run (two runs), one hit and six walks with four strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched...In 43 games, two starts, with Triple-A Iowa this season, he went 2-1 with two saves, a 2.87 ERA (19 ER/59.2 IP) and a 1.17 WHIP...He allowed held the opponent to one-or-fewer earned runs in 38 of his 43 outings with the I-Cubs, including 30 scoreless appearances...Opened the season surrendering just two runs (both in one outing) over his first 12 games (18 IP).

2024

Luke made his first Opening Day roster in 2024 and went 3-1 with a 3.46 ERA (10 ER/26.0 IP), 28 strikeouts and just one home run allowed in 30 games (one start)...Earned his first career win May 21 vs. Atlanta (0 ER/1.0 IP)...Tied a career-high 1.2 innings pitched June 21 vs. New York (N.L.)...Notched a season-high three strikeouts June 27 at San Francisco...June 14-July 12 made 10-straight scoreless appearances (8.2 IP), his longest-such stretch of the season, before being removed from the game with a shoulder injury on July 12...Was placed on the 15-day injured list July 13 with a left shoulder strain, before being transferred to the 60-day list July 22 and missed the remainder of the season...At the time of his I.L. placement, his .181 opponent batting average ranked ninth, his .265 opponent slugging percentage ranked 10th and his 0.9% home run rate was good for 15th among N.L. relievers (min. 25 G).

2023

Luke in 2023, made his Major League debut Sept. 6...in seven games, tossed 6.2 scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts...Went 5-2 with a 2.12 ERA (15 ER/63.2 IP) in 36 minor league games...recorded 105 strikeouts and allowed 40 hits...From Aug. 9-Oct. 1, did not allow an earned run and gave up 10 hits in 17.1 innings between Triple-A Iowa and the Cubs...Held opponents to zero or one hit in six of his seven appearances...tallied multiple strikeouts in four outings...Sept. 19 vs. Pittsburgh, all three outs he recorded came via strikeout...Recorded a career-high four strikeouts Oct. 1 against Milwaukee...Was named a Southern League Post-Season and MiLB.com Organizational All-Star with Double-A Tennessee.

2022

Split the 2022 season between Single-A Myrtle Beach and High-A South Bend, combining to go 1-5 with a 2.47 ERA (28 ER/65.2 IP) and 101 strikeouts in 24 games (22 starts)...His 35.4% strikeout rate was the second-highest among Cubs minor league pitchers (min. 20 G)...Allowed two earned runs or fewer in 22 of of his 24 outings...Was named the Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July after posting a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP) with 25 strikeouts...Finished the month with 13.2-straight scoreless innings in his final four starts.

2021

In 2021, made his professional debut, appearing in five games (four starts) for the ACL Cubs...Struck out 19 batters in 11.0 IP, good for an average of 15.5 strikeouts per 9.0 IP.

2020

Did not pitch in 2020 due to the COVID-19-cancelled minor league season.