Phillies Re-sign Pedro León, Hedging Bets on Potential

0:00It's April 22nd. This is MLB News Today, powered by AI, you're around the diamond update. I'm Cory with the story. The Phillies just brought back Outfielder Pedro Leone on a minor league deal with Triple A. Lehigh Valley. He's off their 40-man roster now, serving his depth after they released him over the weekend. They cut him Saturday to clear space for Infielder Felix Reyes. Since Leone was nursing a right hamstring strain on the miner's injured list, rules don't let teams outright wafer players, so Philly had to let him go outright, but quickly reassigned him. Fans and scouts see this as the Phillies hedging their bets. They like his potential enough to claim him from Baltimore this offseason, even risking. Another team grabbing him. In 53 played appearances with Lehigh Valley, he's batting 283, but is with 19 times. Over 400 Triple A games, he post a 253 average with solid power at 443 slugging. Leone's MLB cameo was just 7 games with the Astros 2 years back, and his Cuban roots

1:03promised power speed combo that's been slowed by those. Strikeouts. Keep an eye on his recovery, he could climb back up soon.