The Rangers have added right-hander Dominic Leone on a minor league deal, in keeping with Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning Information. Leone will obtain an invitation to spring coaching. Leone is represented by Frye McCann Sports activities.
The 31-year-old is coming off a season by which he pitched 49 1/3 innings for the Giants, working to a 4.01 ERA. That mark got here with a 23.4% strikeout fee and a ten.8% stroll fee.
Initially taken within the sixteenth spherical of the 2012 draft by the Mariners, Leone, like quite a lot of relievers, has had an up-and-down profession, scattering in some high quality seasons with a couple of poor ones as effectively. He burst onto the scene with Seattle in 2014, working to a 2.17 ERA over 66 1/3 frames, however adopted that up with a mixed 8.40 ERA for Seattle and Arizona in 2015. 2016 noticed his ERA at 6.33 for the Diamondbacks, earlier than he put in an elite 2.56 ERA over 70 1/3 innings for the Blue Jays.
That season with the Blue Jays was sufficient for the Cardinals to half with Randal Grichuk to amass Leone and Connor Greene. But Leone’s struggles would return in St Louis, and he’d personal a 5.15 ERA over three seasons there. He’d battle in a subsequent season with the Guardians, earlier than bouncing again with a wonderful debut marketing campaign with the Giants in 2021. That yr, Leone would work to a 1.51 ERA over 53 2/3 innings.
All advised, Leone owns a profession 3.69 ERA over 356 innings throughout components of 9 huge league seasons. There’s not loads to be taken from his profession common given the volatility of his efficiency, nevertheless it’s clear there’s additionally nonetheless a little bit of upside there. In Texas, Leone will reunite with some acquainted faces, having labored with pitching coach Mike Maddux in St Louis, in addition to Chris Younger in Seattle.
