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Miami Marlins Season Review: Right-Handed Reliever Zack Leban

Zack Skyler Moutsos Leban is a 6’3″, 245 lb. right-handed reliever from Bellevue, Washington, origin also of Tim Lincecum. Born on May 30th, 1996, Leban was a 12th round selection of the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft by the Miami Marlins, out of the University of Kansas.

The University of Kansas has produced 28 major leaguers, most notably Bob Allison, who played 13 seasons for the old Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins starting in 1958. The three-time all-star first baseman led the American League with 99 runs and a 151 OPS+ in 1963.

In Leban’s three seasons of college ball for the Jayhawks, he got into 66 games, coming out of the bullpen 64 times and starting twice.