Pirates acquire infielder Leyba

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed infielder Domingo Leyba to a minor league contract.

Pirates Sign Domingo Leyba To Minor League Deal https://t.co/pO4zjNZnVy pic.twitter.com/XKyBwpn3Yv

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The 27-year-old is already with the club at their spring training facility.

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Leyba has appeared in parts of two big league seasons but tallied only 126 plate appearances, during which time he’s posted an unsightly .152/.238/.223 batting line.

The switch-hitter has spent parts of three seasons in Triple-A, where he’s a career .296/.342/.525 hitter in 755 trips to the plate.

Defensively, Leyba has logged substantial time at both shortstop (3615 innings) and second base (3247 innings) in his professional career.

He’s also spent more than 700 innings at the hot corner and made brief appearances at first base and in left field.

Leyba was once a fairly well-regarded prospect, ranking as the No. 3 prospect in the Diamondbacks’ system back in 2017, per Baseball America.