Domingo Leyba

Domingo Junior Leyba Santana (born September 11, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Leyba and the second or maternal family name is Santana.
Domingo Leyba
Arizona Diamondbacks
Infielder
Born: (1995-09-11) September 11, 1995
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 22, 2019, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics
(through September 23, 2019)
Batting average.286
Home runs0
Runs batted in5
Teams

Career

Detroit Tigers

Leyba was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an international free agent in July 2012.[1] He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Dominican Summer League Tigers[2] and spent the whole season there where he led the league with a .348 batting average in 57 games. He spent 2014 with the Connecticut Tigers and West Michigan Whitecaps, hitting .323 with two home runs and 24 RBIs in 67 games.[3]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On December 5, 2014, the Tigers traded Leyba and Robbie Ray to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a three-team trade, with the Diamondbacks sending Didi Gregorius to the New York Yankees and the Yankees sending Shane Greene to the Tigers.[4] He spent 2015 with the Visalia Rawhide where he batted .237 with two home runs and 43 RBIs in 124 games and 2016 with Visalia and the Mobile BayBears where he slashed .296/.355/.429 with ten home runs and 60 RBIs in 130 games.

The Diamondbacks added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.[5] In 2017, he played in only 23 games due to injury.[6] He spent all of 2018 with the Jackson Generals, batting .269 with five home runs and 30 RBIs in 86 games.[7] He began 2019 with the Reno Aces.[8]

On June 22, 2019, he was called up to the major leagues for the first time.[9] He made his that debut that night, recording a pinch-hit single off of Mark Melancon of the San Francisco Giants.[10] Leyba played in 21 major league games in 2019, mainly as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement. He collected a total of seven hits, including two doubles and a triple, batting.280.

On March 6, 2020, Leyba was suspended for the first 80 games of the 2020 season for testing positive for boldenone.[11] Due to Major League Baseball shortening the season to 60 games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Leyba was essentially ruled out for the entire year. On November 20, 2020, Leyba was outrighted off of the 40-man roster following the waiver claim of Rogelio Armenteros.[12]

References
  1. George Sipple, Detroit Free Press (October 26, 2014). "Lance Parrish trying to get SS reps for prospect Domingo Leyba in Arizona". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  2. "NYPL notes: Detroit Tigers' Domingo Leyba leaps into opportunity with Connecticut – New York–Penn League News". New York–Penn League. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  3. Lynn Henning, The Detroit News (August 17, 2014). "Middle infielder Domingo Leyba making an impression at Class A West Michigan". Detroit News. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  4. "New York Yankees acquire shortstop Didi Gregorius from Arizona Diamondbacks in three-team trade". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  5. "Diamondbacks add 6 prospects to 40-man roster". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. "Domigno Leyba Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  7. "Domingo Leyba Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  8. Burrows, Isaiah (10 April 2019). "Rangy infielder Domingo Leyba rises, shines for Reno Aces". CarsonNOW.org: Your one stop for Carson City news. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. RotoWire Staff (June 22, 2019). "Diamondbacks' Domingo Leyba: Called up by Diamondbacks". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. Jake Anderson (June 22, 2019). "D-backs' Domingo Leyba gets called up, first MLB hit on same day". arizonasports.com. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  11. "D-backs infielder Leyba suspended 80 games". MLB.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/dbacks-claim-rogelio-armenteros-waivers-astros.html
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