CHICAGO (AP) — It sure looks as if Jordan Leasure belongs in the major leagues. That hasn’t exactly set in just yet.

“You know there’s still in the back of my head like I want to do well so I don’t get sent down,” he said. “There’s still that possibility.”

That seems like a very small possibility at the moment.

Leasure has become a high-leverage reliever for the Chicago White Sox, a bright spot during a difficult start for the last-place team. The 25-year-old right-hander has a 2.20 ERA and two saves in 17 appearances in his first year in the majors.

Chicago dropped 22 of its first 25 games. But it is 9-7 since that ugly beginning to the season.

“I think even with the tough start, we kept positive,” Leasure said before Monday night’s game against Washington was postponed by rain. “Kept pushing through that. We all kind of knew it wouldn’t be like that the whole time.”