Leandro Jose Lopez…hails from Bonao, Dominican Republic, same hometown as former MLB All-Star reliever Carlos Mármol.
2025
Established career-bests in innings pitched (101.1 IP) and strikeouts (116) during a split campaign between Hub City (A+) and Frisco (AA), going 3-4 with a 2.40 ERA (27 ER/101.1 IP) and .198 opponent batting average (71-for-358) in 23 games/22 starts… ranked among Rangers farmhands in starts (T-second), strikeouts (T-third), and innings pitched (seventh)…his 2.40 ERA was the ninth-best mark among all Minor League hurlers with 100.0+ IP…began the season with Hub City, fashioning a 2.19 ERA (16 ER/65.2 IP) with 73 strikeouts/26 walks and a 1.10 WHIP across 14 starts that earned him a promotion to Frisco on 7/20…at the time of his elevation, ranked third among South Atlantic League pitchers in ERA…was in similar form with the RoughRiders over nine games/eight starts to conclude the year, posting a 2.78 ERA (11 ER/35.2 IP) with 43 SO/15 BB…career-high 10 SO in his first AA start (second appearance) on 7/24 at WCH (5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB)…pitched a season-best 6.1 IP in his penultimate start on 9/3 at MID (5 H, 2 R-ER, 1 HR, 0 BB, 5 SO), then bested the performance in his next/final outing on 9/10 vs. NWA, firing a career-high 7.0 SHO IP with two BB and six SO on just 86 pitches…allowed three-or-fewer ER in 22 of 23 outings on the year; lone exception on 8/27 vs. SA with FRI (2.2 IP, 4 R-ER)…had his contract selected from Frisco on 11/18 as part of the Rangers’ three additions to the 40-man roster (also David Davalillo and Abimelec Ortiz) prior to the Rule 5 Draft.
2024
Was limited to just five games/tw0 starts in an injury-interrupted campaign, posting a 9.00 ERA (13 ER/13.0 IP) for Hickory (A+) before being placed on the 7-day Injured List on 5/26 (retro. 5/24) due to a right forearm injury…was transferred to 60-day IL on 7/24…activated on 10/7 and appeared in seven games/three starts for Surprise of the Arizona Fall League, fanning 24 batters in 19.0 IP and recording a 5.21 ERA (11 ER/19.0 IP)…on 11/1 at Peoria, punched out a fall-high seven batters over 3.0 scoreless, hitless IP and picked up the win as part of a 2-1 Saguaros victory…was selected AFL Co-Pitcher of the Week (with fellow TEX farmhand RHP Josh Stephan) for 10/28-11/3 following the performance.
2023
Went 2-5, 3.32 ERA (21 ER/57.0 IP) with 79 strikeouts/38 walks over 17 appearances/10 starts for Down East (A) in his first career stateside action…12.47 strikeouts per 9.0 innings figure ranked 11th among Carolina League pitchers (min. 50.0 IP)…had a 3.02 ERA (16 ER/47.2 IP) over 14 G/9 GS across the last five months of the season after registering a 4.82 ERA (5 ER/9.1 IP) over three game/one GS in April.
2022
Was named a Dominican Summer League Mid-Season All-Star after combining to post a 1-1 record, 1.83 ERA (7 ER/34.1 IP) and 63 strikeouts (16.5 SO/9) in 10 games/seven GS with Rookie-level DSL Rangers Red and Blue.
2021
Made his professional debut over 13 relief outings with DSL Rangers1 (Rk.).
