Texas Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter will not be taking the mound anytime soon after landing on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. The move was made official on Sunday and is retroactive to Friday, meaning Leiter missed what would have been his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
To fill his spot on the active roster, the Rangers called up right-hander Jose Corniell from their Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock.
The 26-year-old Leiter has had a difficult season, going 3-7 with a 5.29 ERA across 15 starts covering 80 innings. Since Texas selected him with the second overall pick in the 2021 draft, Leiter has compiled a 13-20 record and a 4.95 ERA over three seasons, appearing in 53 games — 50 of which were starts.
Corniell, who turns 23 on Monday, got his first taste of big league action last season when he appeared in one relief outing for the Rangers. In that appearance, he gave up four runs — three of them earned — on three hits over 1 2/3 innings.
At the Triple-A level this season, Corniell carries an 0-2 record and a 6.08 ERA in 26 2/3 innings. Ranked as the Rangers’ fourth-best prospect by MLB Pipeline, Corniell became part of the organization on December 15, 2020, when Texas acquired him in a trade that sent right-hander Rafael Montero to the Seattle Mariners.
