Vanderbilt ace Jack Leiter parlayed his breakout college season into being the No. 2 overall pick to the Texas Rangers in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.
Pitching alongside fellow top prospect Kumar Rocker, Leiter was the most-talked about player in college baseball this season. He was a well-regarded player coming into 2021 but only threw 15.2 innings in his first year at Vanderbilt last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo ranked the right-hander as the sixth-best draft-eligible player this year in his initial rankings in December.
After starting this season allowing just one earned run in his first seven starts, including a streak of 20 consecutive innings without allowing a hit, Leiter put himself squarely in the mix with Rocker and Texas high school shortstop Jordan Lawlar to go No.