Domingo Leyba was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 2012 as a switch hitting amateur Shortstop out of the Dominican Republic. The 17 year old started hitting right away in the DSL, batting .348 with a 1.023 OPS , thanks to rapping out 28 extra base hits in just 201 AB, and walking more than he struck out.
That earned him a promotion to the mainland USA in 2014 where produced a .323/.360/.423 triple slash across two levels, A-, & A That included a monster 30 game stretch in the Midwest league featuring a .