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‘Winning player’: GM Chris Young makes statement with Texas Rangers’ Leiter pick

OMAHA, NEBRASKA - JUNE 28: Jack Leiter #22 of the Vanderbilt Commodores pitches in the first inning during game one of the College World Series Championship against the Mississippi St. Bulldogs at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 28, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young made himself very clear shortly after his team selected Jack Leiter with the No. 2 overall pick on Sunday night.

There are no concerns over signing the Vanderbilt product.

“We wouldn’t have taken him if we did (have those concerns),” the Rangers GM said, per the Dallas Morning News’ Joseph Hoyt.