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Jack Leiter delivers career-high 10 strikeouts as former Vanderbilt star continues impressive May
By Keith Farner
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Jack Leiter is off to an impressive start in his professional baseball career as the former Vanderbilt star turned in his latest strong outing on Wednesday night.
Leiter recorded a career-high 10 K’s, and the Texas Rangers’ No. 4 prospect retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced in a quality start for the Frisco RoughRiders, a Double-A affiliate.
In May, Leiter has made 3 starts, thrown 17 innings and given up 9 hits, 3 earned runs, 5 walks and 25 strikeouts. Those 25 strikeouts lead Double-A pitchers and are tied for second-most in the minors in May.
Leiter was drafted No. 2 overall by the Rangers in the 2021 MLB Draft.
At Vanderbilt as a sophomore, he collected 179 strikeouts over 110 innings, and that tied him with teammate Kumar Rocker, who was drafted at No. 10 overall by the Mets, for the most in Division I.
Jack Leiter notches a career-high 10 K’s.
The @Rangers‘ No. 4 prospect retires 14 of the first 15 batters he faces in a quality start for @RidersBaseball. pic.twitter.com/YL6wNBrRd3
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 18, 2023
H/T Sam Dykstra.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
