<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jack-leiter-lesson-learned-injury-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jack Leiter gets real on lesson learned from injury return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jack-Leiter-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Jack Leiter gets real on lesson learned from injury return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-27T20:44:55-07:00">April 27th, 8:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-27T20:44:55-07:00">April 27th, 8:44pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jack Leiter’s first start back in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-texas-rotation-kumar-rocker-injury">Texas Rangers’ rotation didn’t end the way he wanted</a> — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/giants-news-giants-win-stunner-heliot-ramos-little-league-home-run">a gut-punch 3-2 walk-off loss to the San Francisco Giants</a> — but the young right-hander <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/04/27/what-lesson-did-texas-rangers-jack-leiter-learn-in-his-return-to-the-rotation/" rel="noopener">still found a silver lining.</a></p><p>“I was really happy to be back out there,” Leiter said after Sunday’s defeat. “I wish I could have done more. I actually, early on, was trying to do too much. It feels like a lot of that loss is on me.”</p><p>It was a tough way to return, no doubt. Leiter battled through a rocky first inning that saw him throw 37 pitches, ensuring he wouldn’t be able to pitch deep into the game with a 75-pitch limit already in place. But instead of folding under pressure, he settled in and kept the Giants from doing further damage, an important development for a pitcher still trying to establish himself at the big-league level.</p><p>One encouraging note: Leiter’s finger, which had sidelined him, held up just fine. He made a small adjustment to his two-seam fastball grip to avoid irritating the injury, and said he had good command of the pitch throughout his abbreviated outing.</p><h2><b>The Rangers give up a little league home run to lose to the Giants</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jack-Leiter.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Edwards-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The bigger lesson, though, was all mental. Leiter admitted he fell into the trap of stubbornly sticking with a slider that wasn’t working in the first inning, instead of leaning on his rapidly improving changeup. The poor command of the slider led to free passes that could have easily derailed his start.</p><p>“Sometimes the feel for one pitch just isn’t there, and you find it later on,” Leiter said. “But I kept missing with my slider in the first and just kept throwing it. Later, I did find it. But I threw a good changeup to [LaMonte] Wade. It was the seventh batter of the game. You need to find a pitch that’s working for you sooner.”</p><p>Despite the early struggles, Leiter’s ability to adjust and limit the damage gave the Rangers a chance. Unfortunately, the game slipped away in bizarre fashion.</p><p>In the bottom of the ninth, Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos chopped a soft grounder toward third base that should have been a simple infield single. Instead, it turned into chaos. Former Giants reliever Luke Jackson airmailed the throw past first base, allowing Ramos to advance to third. First baseman Jake Burger then threw wildly to third, letting Ramos sprint home for a wild “Little League home run” walk-off.</p><p>The stunning loss dropped the Rangers to 15-13 on the season and continued a rough stretch of close defeats. Still, Leiter’s outing gave the Rangers a glimpse of the pitcher they hope he can become — someone who can stay composed when things aren’t perfect, adjust on the fly, and keep battling.</p><p>“I didn’t do myself any favors early, but it’s about finding a way,” Leiter said. “And I’m going to keep finding ways to get better.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jack Leiter gets real on lesson learned from injury return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-jack-leiter-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers get huge Jack Leiter injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Rangers-Jack-Leiter.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers get huge Jack Leiter injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-25T18:24:58-07:00">April 25th, 6:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-25T18:24:58-07:00">April 25th, 6:24pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers’ starting rotation is one of the best in Major League Baseball under manager Bruce Bochy. The rich will get richer on Sunday with the return of Jack Leiter. The starter’s return to the mound comes weeks after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jack-leiter-il-impressive-start">Leiter suffered a finger injury against the Cincinnati Reds</a>. He will face the San Francisco Giants in his return.</p><p>The Rangers expect to activate Leiter off the injured list and start him in the <a href="https://x.com/Evan_P_Grant/status/1915922095705592178" rel="noopener">series finale</a> against the Giants, per Dallas Morning News beat writer Evan Grant.</p><p>Before he got hurt, Leiter got off to as good a start as any other pitcher. He got through his first ten innings of 2025 giving up just one run, taking his ERA to 0.90. His comeback reforms one of the best pitching trios in the league alongside <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-how-jacob-degrom-surpassed-nolan-ryan-specific-texas-history">Rangers talent like Jacob DeGrom</a> and Nathan Eovaldi.</p><p>Leiter expects to fill the hole in the Texas rotation and help the team string together wins. He is coming back at a great time; three of the next four opponents the Rangers face are above .500. Texas needs to put in some work to distance itself from its American League West rival, Seattle Mariners. The two teams are battling for the top spot in the division.</p><p>Because the AL is so tough at the top, winning a division is the surest path to the postseason. Unfortunately for the Rangers, four of the five teams in the AL West have a solid chance at finding their way into that spot. Luckily for Texas, they were playing with a hand tied behind their back for the first part of the season after losing their starter.</p><p>With Leiter back in the fold, the Rangers can play knowing they have an edge before the game begins.</p><p>The Rangers are happy to have Leiter back from the IL, hoping he can make an immediate impact.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers get huge Jack Leiter injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jack-leiter-il-impressive-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers place Jack Leiter on IL after impressive start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jack-Leiter-of-the-Texas-Rangers.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers place Jack Leiter on IL after impressive start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-04T17:37:56-07:00">April 4th, 5:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-04T17:37:56-07:00">April 4th, 5:37pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jack Leiter got off to a hot start to begin the season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-duo-has-jack-leiter-flashing-back-to-vanderbilt-days">after leading the Texas Rangers</a> to two wins in his two starts. Unfortunately, the 24-year-old pitcher will miss some time after the club placed him on the injured list on Friday.</p><p>The Rangers star is reportedly <a href="https://x.com/BNightengale/status/1908307742055686299" rel="noopener">dealing with a blister</a> and is being placed on the 15-Day IL, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Patrick Corbin will be filling in Leiter’s role in the starting rotation.</p><p>“Jack Leiter, sensational in his start, goes on the 15-day IL with a blister and Patrick Corbin takes his place on Texas Rangers.”</p><p>The injury isn’t ideal but the good news is that it’s still incredibly early in the season. It’s also not deemed a serious injury, as a blister is something Jack Leiter can bounce back from with relative ease. Despite that, the Rangers will be without one of their star pitchers who has looked phenomenal to begin the season.</p><p>Through his two starts, Leiter is recording an impressive 0.90 ERA and 0.700 WHIP. He’s also thrown 10 strikeouts in 10 innings pitched. These numbers are a noticeable jump in production in comparison to his 2024 debut with the club. If Jack Leiter can maintain these numbers then the Rangers could have something special on the mound throughout most of the 2025 season.</p><p>With Patrick Corbin filling in for Leiter for the time being, Texas will hope the veteran pitcher can bounce back from years past. In the past four years with the Washington Nationals, the 35-year-old left-handed hurler has recorded a 31-63 win-loss record. Albeit, the Nationals haven’t been the most competitive club in recent years. So, the help of the Rangers’ lineup could prove to be helpful for Corbin’s chances on the mound.</p><p>Considering Jack Leiter just <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/rangers-vs-reds-prediction-odds-pick-4-2-2025">played on Wednesday in the Rangers’ 1-0 win</a> over the Cincinnati Reds, we shouldn’t expect to see Corbin on the mound until April 8 or 9 when Texas faces off against the Chicago Cubs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers place Jack Leiter on IL after impressive start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-duo-has-jack-leiter-flashing-back-to-vanderbilt-days');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi duo has Jack Leiter flashing back to Vanderbilt days');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi duo has Jack Leiter flashing back to Vanderbilt days</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T17:06:51-07:00">April 2nd, 5:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T17:06:51-07:00">April 2nd, 5:06pm</time><address><a>Daniel Locke</a>Daniel Locke covers the New Orleans Pelicans and is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints. He will graduate from Auburn University with a degree in Journalism in May. Daniel has covered Auburn Athletics for the entirety of his time as a student, focusing on football, men's basketball, and baseball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sitting at 5-2, the Texas Rangers are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-replicates-his-own-impressive-feat-with-shutout-vs-reds">enjoying a solid start to the 2025 MLB season</a>. Jack Leiter picked up his second win of the season in the Rangers’ 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon, tossing five scoreless innings with one hit and six strikeouts.</p><p>Leiter enjoys pitching alongside Nathan Eovaldi, who <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jack-leiter-blister-early-exit" rel="noopener">reminds him of a teammate he had</a> at Vanderbilt.</p><p>“It’s pretty cool to watch someone pick apart a lineup the night before, and especially a right-handed pitcher with a similar arsenal,” Leiter said of Eovaldi. “He’s better than [anyone]; he’s an expert. Watching him just attack last night was obviously pretty cool. Going into today, it felt pretty similar to college, pitching after Kumar [Rocker] when he would dominate the night before.”</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-epic-maddux-game-reds">Eovaldi has been productive on the mound</a> for the Rangers, Leiter is coming into his own and is earning the respect of his teammates, including catcher Jonah Heim.</p><p>“He just looks like he’s confident on the mound,” said Heim. “He looks like he trusts all his stuff. He’s throwing his heater where he wants to. He’s getting ahead of guys. That’s the biggest difference. He’s hitting corners, he’s making nasty pitches, and I think he just trusts all his stuff.”</p><p>Additionally, Rangers manager Bruce Bocky likes what he has seen out of Leiter so far.</p><p>“It’s pitchability,” said Bochy. “That’s what you’re seeing. He’s not trying to bull his way through lineups. He’s throwing strikes. He is not putting guys on base. He’s pounding the strike zone, not beating himself. It’s a very, very competitive game. When you start putting guys on, you start beating yourself a little bit. He’s not doing that.”</p><p>Leiter could be in a position to be an impactful part of the Rangers’ rotation for years to come.</p><h2><b>Rangers not focused on torpedo bats</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-2.jpg"><figcaption>Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With the new torpedo bats becoming all the rage throughout the MLB, members of the Rangers are more <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rangers-need-more-scoring-punch-in-rubber-game-vs-reds/" rel="noopener">focused on improving themselves at the plate</a>.</p><p>“I’m more focused on putting myself in the right spot to do what I need to do,” Corey Seager said. “There are probably times when it would help, but it’s hard to know exactly when those times are.”</p><p>“I want the Marcus Semien bat to start hitting first,” Marcus Semien said. “For me, it’s kind of a comfort thing. I’m comfortable with certain things. I’ve pretty much used the same two models for the last five years.”</p><p>The Rangers know what they are capable of at the plate, they are just waiting for things to click.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi duo has Jack Leiter flashing back to Vanderbilt days

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jack-leiter-truth-bomb-first-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers’ Jack Leiter drops truth bomb after stellar first 2025 start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jack-Leiter-drops-truth-bomb-after-stellar-first-2025-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Rangers’ Jack Leiter drops truth bomb after stellar first 2025 start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-29T10:17:20-07:00">March 29th, 10:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-29T10:17:20-07:00">March 29th, 10:17am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers exuded confidence in pitcher Jack Leiter to take on the Boston Red Sox on Friday. Leiter returned with a solid performance, including four strikeouts and giving up one run in five innings pitched as the Rangers won 4-1. </p><p>With one start and his first major league win under his belt, Leiter is <a href="https://x.com/_abigaiiiil/status/1905816254344040492" rel="noopener">confident</a> in his ability to get the job done—Via Abby Jones of DLLS Sports. </p><p>“I feel confident with all five of my pitches right now and that’s a good place to be.” he said. </p><p>This performance comes when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/mlb-rumors-surprising-role-rangers-jack-leiter-2025-campaign" rel="noopener">the Rangers are poised to make Leiter their closer</a>, but they want to get more out of him as a starter.</p><p>So, the expectations are there, but it took a year to get to this point. </p><h2><b>The evolution of Jack Leiter’s role with the Rangers</b></h2><p>The Rangers drafted Leiter, the son of former pitcher Al Leiter, in 2021. He attended Vanderbilt University, where he led them to the 2021 College World Series and was named Freshman of the Year by Baseball America. </p><p>Leiter struggled through the minor leagues before being called up by the Rangers in 2024. </p><p>There was tremendous hype for Leiter to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a standout pitcher. However, he is coming off a less-than-impressive 2024 season with the Rangers. He went 0-3 with an ERA of 8.83 and 31 strikeouts in nine games pitched. </p><p>The Rangers originally had Leiter toiling out of the bullpen. But before spring training, they<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jack-leiter-kumar-rocker-texas-rotation-vanderbilt" rel="noopener"> added Leiter to the starting rotation</a> along with his former college teammate Kumar Rocker.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-2023-world-series-champion-waivers" rel="noopener">Rangers are coming off a less-than-stellar 78-win season</a> but are expected to return to the postseason. Their pitching depth is growing and will be a key asset as the Rangers look to put the pieces back together from their 2023 World Series success.  </p><p>The more they can get out of Leiter, the better he and they could be. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
62	3.48	21	1.55	1

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
62	3.48	21	1.55	1

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