Heralded prospect Leiter exhibiting ‘real improvement’

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”What they noticed, they should have appreciated as a result of Leiter was activated lower than every week later.nnIn his first begin since July 7, Leiter allowed only one hit — a first-inning dwelling run — whereas putting out 4 over three innings in Frisco’s 8-2 win over Midland. More importantly, he walked none.nn“There’s improvement,” Young stated. “He is not a finished product. There was real improvement, and I think it was evident in his strike throwing. The one run he gave up had an exit velocity of 85 mph that got up in the jet stream, but he threw very competitive strikes. It was exciting. He’s worked so hard and he’s earned the opportunity to be back out there with his work ethic and commitment. But that said, it’s going to continue to grow and I think we saw a glimpse of progress in terms of what he can grow into.”nnYoung stated that the time on the Development List was spent principally engaged on Leiter’s mechanics and tweaking his supply in order that it could be extra constant pitch after pitch. The good outcomes from his outing are a byproduct of his mechanics being in the fitting place to drive the ball most successfully and constantly.nn”There’s a lot of small things that probably a casual baseball fan would see differences in mechanically and not even really notice,” Leiter advised MiLB.com. “These small tweaks, the Rangers had been seeing these as alternatives to enhance upon consistency and breaking balls, the form and all that.nn”It was something that the Rangers felt like they’ve seen for a long time, basically since they drafted me. It wasn’t anything new, it was something that they wanted to see play out and it felt like a good time to start working on things.””,”type”:”text”,”__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”

.@jackleiter22 done in his return from the Development List!

3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Af6DwxiFQD

— Frisco RoughRiders (@RidersBaseball) August 27, 2023

nn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”,”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Young emphasized multiple times that it is a good start for Leiter to get back on track. Results aren’t everything, but in this instance, they surely don’t hurt.nn“I think it’s very encouraging that and especially for him more importantly, and I told everybody before the outing that we’re not going to define the success of the outing based on results,” Young said. “It’s going to be more about the consistency of the delivery, the strike throwing quality. And we saw that in the results followed. So the results are a byproduct of doing the things that he’s worked on and it’s encouraging but Jack will be the first one to say he’s still got work to do.”nn**Other notable MiLB performances**nn**Sebastian Walcott (Rangers’ No. 3, MLB No. 64)**nnThe Rangers are also promoting No. 3 prospect Sebastian Walcott to High-A Hickory. He joined the Crawdads in Greensboro on Saturday to work out and will be activated for his debut on Sunday.nnMLB Pipeline’s No. 64 overall prospect, the shortstop slashed .273/.325/.525/.849 with 7 homers and 19 RBIs over 35 games with the ACL Rangers and jumped Single-A altogether. Walcott is just the fifth player this year to play for a full-season Minor League affiliate at 17 or younger: Nelson Rada (Angels), Ethan Salas (Padres), and Colt Emerson and Tai Peete (Mariners).nnRangers assistant general manager for player development and international scouting Ross Fenstermaker praised Walcott’s makeup and skill set immediately after the club signed him during the international signing period last offseason.nn“I didn’t expect it to happen this fast for him, even though I know he deserves every bit of it,” Fenstermaker said. “He’s so talented. Comes from a good family, he’s very grounded as an individual, he’s very confident as an individual. Yes, he has immense raw talent, but he’s so mature and advanced as a person.””,”type”:”text”],”contentType”:”news”,”subHeadline”:null,”summary”:”This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry’s Rangers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.nARLINGTON — When the Rangers selected Jack Leiter at No. 2 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft, it was with the intention that he”,”tagline(“formatString”:”none”)”:null,”tags”:[“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”,”__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-683004″,”title”:”Jack Leiter”,”person”:”__ref”:”Person:683004″,”type”:”player”,”__typename”:”GameTag”,”slug”:”gamepk-716737″,”title”:”2023/09/03 min@tex”,”type”:”game”,”__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”kennedi-landry”,”title”:”Kennedi Landry”,”type”:”contributor”,”__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-top-prospects”,”title”:”MLB Top Prospects”,”type”:”taxonomy”,”__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”,”__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-140″,”title”:”Texas Rangers”,”team”:”__ref”:”Team:140″,”type”:”team”],”type”:”story”,”thumbnail”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/formatInstructions/mlb/b5swrwcicbsvrzsswki6″,”title”:”Rangers’ prospect Jack Leiter rediscovering himself”}},”Person:683004″:”__typename”:”Person”,”id”:683004,”Team:140″:”__typename”:”Team”,”id”:140}}
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