SP - Texas Rangers
- Age 25
- Vanderbilt
- Bats: R
- Throws: R
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Leiter had issued just two walks across 11 innings over his first two starts, posting a 17:2 K:BB in the process, and lines up next for a road start against the Athletics. Texas gave him a 1-0 lead Saturday before Shohei Ohtani led off the bottom of the first with a home run and Teoscar Hernandez followed five batters later with a three-run shot, leaving the Rangers with a deficit they never erased.
Fantasy Impact
Leiter issued four walks on 93 pitches — 54 for strikes — and finished with four strikeouts across 3.2 innings, taking the loss in the 1-1 record.
Jack Leiter allowed one hit on four hits over five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Reds.
Fantasy Impact
Leiter has forced plenty of swings and misses to begin the season with 17 strikeouts in two starts. The lone run he allowed came in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Eugenio Suarez. He'll get tested by the Dodgers in his next start.
Leiter went 10-10 with a 3.86 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and 151.2 innings pitched in 2025, and he struck out eight batters Monday against Baltimore — a total he reached only three times all of last season. He allowed two runs on five hits and a walk across six innings.
Fantasy Impact
Leiter earned the win, improving to 1-0 on the season.
Leiter debuted a cutter during Monday's spring outing, throwing two of the pitch and generating a flyout and groundout. He developed the offering this offseason while training with Garrett Crochet in Tennessee, studying the Red Sox ace's cutter grip.
Fantasy Impact
"You're not looking for swing and misses with it, per se," Leiter said. "It's more to just finish at-bats quicker, which is what I've been needing in order to be more efficient." Efficiency has plagued Leiter, though he demonstrated progress in that area during the second half of 2025.
Jack Leiter allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out ten over seven innings in Friday's win against the Guardians.
Fantasy Impact
After today’s victory, Leiter now has a 3.86 ERA and 1.28 WHIP to go with a 10-10 record across 29 starts. Leiter now has 148 strikeouts over 151 2/3 innings of work.
