Left off the Yankees' first two playoff rounds, reliever Mark Leiter Jr. contributed as an injury replacement in the AL ...

Mark Leiter Jr. induces a ground ball from Will Smith, leaving the bases loaded and escaping the jam in the top of the 3rd ...

Mark Leiter Jr. fields and tosses to home plate to nab Gavin Lux trying to score in the 4th inning, and the out call stands ...

It doesn’t feel like it was all that long ago that Mark Leiter Jr. was on the mound at Shuttleworth Park pitching in summer ...

LOS ANGELES – Mark Leiter Jr. has been to a World Series before. From the stands at Shea Stadium, a 9-year-old Leiter Jr. watched his uncle Al Leiter start Game 5 of the 2000 World Series for ...

At the trade deadline, the New York Yankees struck a deal with the Chicago Cubs to acquire right-handed reliever Mark Leiter Jr. A deal that was supposed to ...

CLEVELAND — The Yankees traded for Mark Leiter Jr. in July with October in mind. But the right-hander spent the ALDS watching, left off the roster, and he began the ALCS in the same spot.

The right-hander pitched poorly enough since the trade from Chicago that he was excluded from the rosters for the ALDS ...

Mark Leiter Jr. wasn’t even on the Yankees postseason roster entering Friday, however, an injury to Ian Hamilton led to the ...

New York Yankees relief pitcher Ian Hamilton, left, leaves the game during the sixth inning in Game 3 of the baseball AL ...