david andrew berg (born march 28, 1993) is an american former professional baseball pitcher. he attended the university of california, los angeles (ucla), where he played college baseball for the ucla bruins baseball team. he was named an all-american and pac-12 conference baseball pitcher of the year in 2013. he set a national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) record for saves in a single season with 24. the texas rangers selected berg in the 17th round of the 2014 major league baseball draft. he did not sign with the rangers and returned to ucla for his senior season. he was then drafted by the chicago cubs in the sixth round of the 2015 mlb draft.