This is finally the vintage Jacob deGrom pitching for the Texas Rangers, and not because the lanky right-hander recently ...

Brice Paterik discusses how Kumar Rocker has succeeded in his latest starts, why Jack Leiter could learn some lessons from Rocker, and Nathan Eovaldi's return.

Rangers' Jack Leiter: Loses third straight startLeiter took the loss against the Pirates on Sunday, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts over four innings. Leiter ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Gene J. Puskar / AP) ...

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy talks about Jack Leiter's outing, the team's offense failing to get a key hit and more after a loss to the Pirates ...

But the Rangers' offense was not the only culprit in the defeat. Rookie starter Jack Leiter, who has been one of many bright spots in Texas' rotation, was overpowered by the Royals' bats.

When the Texas Rangers drafted Vanderbilt's right-handed star Jack Leiter second overall in the 2021 MLB draft, they did so with the assumption that he would become the team's new ace of the future.