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“Rising Stars on the Waiver Wire: Could Tyler Soderstrom and Jack Leiter Be Your Secret Weapons This Season?”

"Rising Stars on the Waiver Wire: Could Tyler Soderstrom and Jack Leiter Be Your Secret Weapons This Season?"

Pitchers

Jack Leiter – SP, TEX (38% rostered)
Leiter was one of my most-drafted pitchers this year, and I wrote about him in my article covering undrafted starting pitchers with the talent to finish inside the top 25. The biggest thing for me was command, and I felt that Leiter’s new sinker would help him pound the strike zone a bit more to set up his swing-and-miss stuff. The first start doesn’t change any of that. His fastball was still 98 mph and missed plenty of bats, but was inconsistent in the strike zone. He struggled to locate his new kick-change, and his slider was fine. I actually wasn’t super impressed by the start, but I was happy that he was able to produce a decent outing without his best stuff. The upside remains, and I’m happy to take fliers on him in all league types, but I still think volatility is ahead.

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