He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.

[3] Light made his professional debut in 2012 with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners, where he posted a 0–2 record with a 2.37 ERA in 12 starts, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 27 hits and five walks, while striking out 30 in 30+1⁄3 innings of work.

He then joined the Low A Greenville Drive in 2013, but suffered a partial tear in his right hamstring that was initially misdiagnosed before all-but-ending his season in early June.

He returned in late August for a rehab assignment with the GCL Red Sox, where he pitched six innings of shutout ball in three appearances.

[3] Light returned to Greenville in 2014 and earned a promotion to the High-A Salem Red Sox during the midseason.

[3] As a result, Light went 1–1 with a 2.43 ERA and three saves in 21 games at Double-A Portland, allowing 11 walks and striking out 32 in 29+2⁄3 innings, while holding opponents to a .168 batting average.