AL West: Leiter flashes upside for TEX

Texas Rangers

The defending WS champs entered 2024 with a stacked offense (now minus Josh Jung) and an unremarkable rotation with hopes that walking wounded SPs Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle would offer a 2H (and postseason) pitching boost. But in his first outing of the season last weekend at AAA-Round Rock, former 2021 1st-round pick (and second overall pick in that draft) Jack Leiter has also served notice that he may finally be tapping into his potential. 

Leiter has struggled with location and his secondary offerings from the get-go professionally, posting a 5.19 ERA with a 114/49 K/BB and 16 HR allowed over 85 IP at AA/AAA in 2023. After returning from a development list timeout in late August, Leiter's last five...

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