Corniell is making his first appearance on Texas’ active roster in 2026
Arlington, Texas — The Texas Rangers today announced the following transactions prior to this afternoon’s series finale against the San Diego Padres at Globe Life Field.
- RHP Jack Leiter placed on the 15-day Injured List (right ankle posterior impingement), retroactive to June 19
- RHP Jose Corniell (#59) recalled from Triple-A Round Rock
Leiter, 26, is 3-7 with a 5.29 ERA (47 ER/80.0 IP), 35 walks, and 83 strikeouts in 15 starts for Texas this season. Since debuting with the Rangers in 2024, the Plantation, Fla. product and 2025 Rangers Rookie of the Year has pitched in 53 MLB games (50 starts), posting a 13-20 record with a 4.95 ERA. This marks his second career Injured List stint in the Majors, first since April 2-26, 2025 with a right middle finger blister.
Corniell, who turns 23 tomorrow, has gone 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA (18 ER/26.2 IP), 10 walks, and 19 strikeouts in 7 games/6 starts for Triple-A Round Rock this year. In 2 June starts, the right-hander has allowed just one earned run over 9.0 innings with no walks and 7 strikeouts, covering a season-high-tying 5.0 innings in his most recent appearance on June 12 vs. El Paso. Corniell logged one Cactus League relief appearance with Texas while dealing with back and triceps soreness this spring, was optioned to Round Rock on March 15, and appeared in his first regular season game with the Express on May 8 at Durham.
The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native made his Major League debut with Texas on September 28, 2025 at Cleveland on the final day of the regular season. He entered in the 8th inning and pitched 1.2 scoreless frames to force extra innings but was charged with the loss after permitting 4 runs (3 earned) in the 10th inning of a walk-off defeat for the Rangers. The 4th-ranked prospect in the Texas system (MLB Pipeline), Corniell is 13-15 with a 4.25 ERA (128 ER/271.0 IP) and 294 strikeouts (9.8 strikeouts per 9.0 IP) in 78 career minor league appearances (49 starts), all in the Rangers chain since his professional debut in 2021. Originally signed as an international free agent by Seattle on July 2, 2019, Corniell was acquired by Texas on December 15, 2020 when the club sent RHP Rafael Montero to the Mariners.
With today’s transactions, the Rangers remain at the 40-man limit on the club’s Major League roster, along with five players on the 60-day Injured List (RHP Carter Baumler, LHP’s Cody Bradford, Robert Garcia, and Jordan Montgomery, and INF/OF Michael Helman).
