Leiter Jr. was also notably a groundball pitcher. He was in the 74th percentile among all pitchers at keeping the ball on the ...

Texas Rangers bullpen coach Jordan Tiegs, catcher Kyle Higashioka, pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, pitcher Jacob deGrom and manager Bruce Bochy watch Jack Leiter throw in the bullpen during a spring training ...

To tender or not to tender, that is the question facing New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. According to CBS Sports' R.J. Anderson, Cashman has until Friday to tender contracts for the ...

The New York Yankees, according to longtime general manager Brian Cashman, know they have a good team this season and they also know that team is gone. The 2019 National League MVP also handled all ...

When Tigers fans look back on the post 1984 era, the lineup usually gets most of the nostalgic attention. The pitching staff is where the frustration begins. After Jack Morris left Detroit following ...

The biggest cost savings may have come from non-tendering Mark Leiter Jr., whom MLB Trade Rumors projected to make $3 million next year via arbitration. Steph Chambers / Getty Images The New York ...

Royals hire Mike McFerran as assistant pitching coach to join Brian Sweeney. McFerran brings analytics and development history from Wake Forest, MLB’s Athletics. Club has overflowing rotation depth ...

NEW YORK - Mark Leiter Jr.'s somewhat turbulent Yankees tenure has reached an end. On Friday, the Yankees non-tendered the Toms River, N.J., right-handed reliever instead of paying him roughly $3 ...

The Yankees’ need for offseason bullpen upgrades on Friday grew ... and grew and grew and grew and grew! The Yankees went from having three relievers in free agency to eight when they non-tendered ...

Al Leiter 's son, Jack Leiter , currently is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. Jack Leiter attended Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. with current Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe. The ...

When a team makes a change at a coordinator level, the goalposts are both easily identifiable and reasonably reachable. Welcome to Jordan Tiegs’ challenge. How do you improve the best pitching staff ...