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USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Cam Leiter signs with Los Angeles Dodgers
Cam Leiter is officially a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jim Callis of reported on Tuesday that the former Florida State Seminole pitcher had signed with the Dodgers for $1,349,100. It is the slot value of the No. 65 pick, making him the first FSU player to sign for the value of their pick. Leiter has not pitched in a game since March 28, 2024. He started seven games during the 2024 season, finishing with a 4.63 ERA in 35.0 innings. He attempted to return from an injury at the end of the season but was unable to, with the same thing happening in the 2025 season. Leiter started his career at USF, becoming a unanimous selection to the AAC All-Freshman Team after going 3-2 with a 4.92 ERA over 56.2 innings before transferring to FSU ahead of the 2024 season. He recorded 136 strikeouts over 91.2 innings between his two schools. He was one of 11 players and six pitchers the Seminoles had taken in the 2025 draft, setting a new program record. Leiter, Jamie Arnold, and Alex Lodise all went in the first two rounds, setting a new program record. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
Canada News.Net
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
Rangers look to get back on winning track vs. Athletics
(Photo credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images) The Texas Rangers aim to get back above .500 when they continue a nine-game homestand by hosting the Athletics on Monday in the first of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas. The Athletics will send left-hander Jacob Lopez (3-5, 4.20 ERA) to the mound to start while their American League West rivals will counter with rookie right-hander Jack Leiter (5-6, 4.37). Texas comes into the series after taking two games from AL Central-leading Detroit over the weekend but dropping the final game of the set 2-1 on Sunday evening. The Rangers collected just 12 total hits in the three games (four in each contest) but gave the league-leading Tigers all they wanted and more. The Athletics lost twice in three games in Cleveland, most recently an 8-2 setback on Sunday. The loss was made even worse by the injury suffered by outfielder Denzel Clarke as he ran the bases in the eighth inning. He was lifted from the game with right hip discomfort and is listed as day-to-day pending further evaluation. Leiter has been enigmatic this season, starting off the year with four wins over his first nine starts before enduring a stretch of six starts with four losses and no victories. That swoon ended in his most recent outing as Leiter allowed three runs on five hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings in a game the Rangers won 7-3 at Houston on July 11. 'Not in a negative way, but there's so many things I can do better,' Leiter said. 'I think just the room for improvement feels very high. It's just a matter of continuing to get better, learn these small lessons, learn from the guys.' Leiter has not recorded a decision and has amassed a 4.91 ERA in two career appearances (one start) against the Athletics. Both of those came last season as he surrendered six runs (four of them earned) on nine hits and three walks in 7 1/3 innings. Lopez has made 14 appearances for the Athletics in 2025, with 10 of them starts. He has been solid over his past seven starts, going 3-1 and allowing more than two runs only twice of those seven games. Lopez yielded two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five in winning his most recent start at home over Toronto on July 12. He has been successful because of his overall command of the strike zone, by working the count to his advantage with plenty of first-pitch strikes and -- for the most part --avoiding walks. 'I only throw low-90s or whatever people want to say, but I have five pitches that I like to mix in,' Lopez said. 'I think that's a huge part of pitching. I'm just keeping hitters off-balance and trying to be smart.' Lopez has faced the Rangers twice in his career, with both of those appearances this season. He threw 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief at home on April 22 before absorbing a loss a week later on the road when he allowed three runs on six hits and a season-high four walks over 2 2/3 innings.
Newsweek
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
MLB Writer Urges Yankees To Cut Ties With Struggling $2 Million Pitcher
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The New York Yankees are in desperate need of some change right now. Aaron Judge has been spectacular this season. Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. have been great, too. The pitching duo of Max Fried and Carlos Rodon has been solid atop the starting rotation. But the role players in the Bronx have struggled, and the Yankees need some change, or else they're going to drop down the American League standings down the stretch of the season. Yardbarker's Jacob Mountz recently urged the Yankees to cut ties with struggling reliever Mark Leiter Jr. this season, even pitching the idea that the Yankees could trade the righty. CINCINNATI, OHIO - JUNE 24: Mark Leiter Jr. #56 of the New York Yankees pitches during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. CINCINNATI, OHIO - JUNE 24: Mark Leiter Jr. #56 of the New York Yankees pitches during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio."Leiter is at the forefront of the Yankees' bullpen problems. Last season, the Yankees took a bet on his high strikeout potential," Mountz wrote. "However, this aspect of his game has not led to the success of the team. "This season, Leiter owns a 4.46 ERA with 46 strikeouts over 34.1 innings, just below the 4.50 ERA he pitched to in 2024. The strikeout potential is intact, but if the Yankees can't utilize it to their advantage, it would be better if they traded Leiter in a package for something they could use." Leiter has struggled this year, but he hasn't been un-pitchable. Because of that, there's a world where the Yankees could use him as a piece in a buyer-to-buyer trade that nets the Bronx Bombers a starting pitcher or infielder. New York could also cut Leiter in the future if he starts to struggle more than he is right now. But as things sit, Leiter isn't a big enough issue in the bullpen to cut. Unless the Yankees trade him or add multiple bullpen arms, Leiter's spot in the bullpen seems safe. More MLB: Struggling Yankees 'Would Love To Acquire' $66 Million Slugger
The Hill
25-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Israeli ambassador to US: Iran must agree to abandon destruction of Jewish state, people
Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., told a group of Jewish leaders on Wednesday that Iran must abandon its determination to annihilate the Jewish state and its people as part of any agreement, as the Trump administration prepares for talks with Iranian counterparts next week. 'The basis of any agreement pursued with Iran has to be: There is no more attempt to annihilate the Jewish State, the Jewish people,' Leiter told participants at The United for Security Emergency Leadership Mission. The envoy's comments come after President Trump said he did not necessarily see a value in signing an agreement with Tehran over its nuclear program, but U.S. officials planned to meet with Iranian envoys this week. Trump has given mixed messages on what he wants to achieve with Iran beyond preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The president claims that the U.S. obliterated nuclear facilities it attacked in strikes last week, although early U.S. intelligence assessments suggest the program could be set back months. An Israeli assessment said the U.S. strikes coupled with Israeli military action set the program back a few years. An agreement with Iran would likely try to force Tehran to agree to not restarting its nuclear program and giving up its pursuit of enriching uranium. Trump has not addressed whether talks with Iranian officials would also address its missile program and support for terrorist proxies — an important pillar for Israel. Leiter's comments add a potentially new demand to an agreement for Iran to abandon its goal of destruction of Israel, a key part of the Islamic Republic's foreign policy doctrine. In addition to Iran's targeting Israel directly and through proxies like Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Houthis in Yemen, Israeli citizens and Jews around the world have also been targets of terrorist attacks funded by the Iranian regime. The ambassador, addressing a group of 400 Jewish leaders representing more than 100 Jewish communities and 50 national organizations, said the Middle East has the potential to change and that Israel was working toward expanding the Abraham Accords — the Trump-brokered agreement that established ties between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. 'There's no reason why we can't have a Middle East, which is calm, quiet, cooperative, normalized and peaceful,' Leiter said. The United for Security Emergency Leadership Mission was organized to advocate greater security for the Jewish community, following the murder of two Israeli embassy staff by a pro-Palestinian gunman in Washington D.C. last month. 'We are here to speak with one voice. We know there are many things on the nation's agenda, but we must insist that the safety and security of the Jewish community and the battle against domestic terror be at the very top,' Jewish Federations CEO and President Eric Fingerhut told the crowd.
USA Today
18-06-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
How does a bunker-buster bomb work? A closer look at the GBU-57
How does a bunker-buster bomb work? A closer look at the GBU-57 While Israel is wielding a wide array of weapons during their ongoing attacks on Iran, there is at least one which only the United States can bring to the battlespace: a bunker-busting bomb known as the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator. According to Department of Defense documents, the GBU-57 is a guided, penetrating weapon with the ability to reach and destroy targets in deeply buried and hardened bunkers and tunnels. The warhead case is made from a high performance steel alloy and which allows for a large explosive payload while maintaining integrity during impact. Here's a closer look at the heavy-duty munition, the warplane that carries it, and one potential target. Unable to see our graphics? Click here to reload the page. Only U.S.-made B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are programmed to carry the GBU-57s, which weigh more than 30,000 pounds. Each B-2 based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri can hold two of the bombs. One June 15, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter appeared on ABC News 'This Week' where host Martha Raddatz asked Leiter to talk about Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, suggesting that Israel cannot destroy the site located deep under a mountainside without U.S. assistance in the form of bunker-busting bombs. Fordo has 1,000 centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Leiter suggested that Israel may not need to rely on the bomb Raddatz described, to achieve its aims. "We have a number of contingencies which will enable us to deal with Fordow. Not everything is a matter of taking to the skies and bombing from afar," said Leiter. "We're certain that we can set back the nuclear weapons system development within Iran for a very, very long time." Israel's National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi offered the clearest signal yet about the goals of Israel's air campaign, telling local Channel 12 News on June 17 the military is going after the hardest target in Iran: The Fordo nuclear enrichment plant. 'This operation will not conclude without a strike on the Fordo nuclear facility,' Hanegbi said. Read more: Israel wants to demolish Iran's nuclear facilities. Does it need US military help? Israel-Iran timeline: How Israeli attack and Iranian retaliation unfolded Israel attacks Iran: See strike map, satellite images of nuclear sites Live updates: Trump teases possible US strike as Iran supreme leader warns America Why Israel wants U.S. 'bunker busters' for strikes on Iran's nuclear sites Contributing: Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Tom Vanden Brook, Kim Hjelmgaard, Stephen J. Beard, Jennifer Borresen, and Shawn J. Sullivan, USA TODAY
