The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the middle of their series finale against the San Francisco Giants. The Pirates, while the game was going on, claimed right-handed pitcher Jack Little off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Little this season in two games for the Dodgers posted a 6.00 ERA, a 1.67 WHIP, and two strikeouts in three innings. He also appeared in 36 games in Triple-A at Oklahoma City. He went 5-4 with a 4.64 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and 39 strikeouts in 42.2 innings.
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Jack Little
Little attended Stanford University. He pitched three seasons for the Cardinals, going 6-2 in 54 appearances. Little had a 2.49 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and 117 strikeouts in 90.1 innings. The Dodgers drafted him in the fifth round of the 2019 MLB Draft. In his first season with the Dodgers system, he started 11 games across three different teams, going 0-1. He had a 3.27 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and 21 strikeouts in 22 innings. He didn’t pitch in the 2020 season due to COVID shutting the season down.
The next season, he pitched at High-A, making 24 appearances, going 3-1. Little posted a 6.75 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP, and 31 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. He missed the 2022 season, returning in 2023 with Double-A. In 20 appearances, he went 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA, a 1.88 WHIP, and 18 strikeouts in 18.2 innings. In 2024, he pitched at Double-A and Triple-A, making 47 appearances, going 3-2 with a 3.79 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and 63 strikeouts in 57 innings.
