After spending the past half decade using first-round picks on position players, the Cubs followed up one first-round pitcher with another on Monday night.
With the No. 30 pick — the franchise's second in the first round — the Cubs selected Alex Lange, a right-handed pitcher out of LSU.
Lange joins Brendon Little, a former North Carolina hurler, as the second member of the Cubs' 2017 draft class.
[CUBS TICKETS: Get your seats right here]
Lange, ranked as the No. 23 prospect in this year's draft by MLB.com, went 12-0 with a 1.97 ERA as a freshman two seasons ago, and this season he's 9-5 with a 2.92 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 111 innings. He's been a part of two Tigers teams to make the College World Series (2015 and 2017).
After using five straight first-round picks on position players dating back to 2011, the Cubs used a pair of first-rounders on arms Monday night.