Headlines

  • Anthony Volpe Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
  • Alex Bregman Will Opt Out Of Red Sox Contract
  • Mike Shildt Steps Down As Padres Manager
  • Tigers Extended Manager A.J. Hinch Earlier This Season
  • Munetaka Murakami To Be Posted This Offseason
  • Cody Bellinger To Opt Out Of Contract With Yankees
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Athletics
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2026-27 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2026
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mariners Acquire Wade LeBlanc

By Jeff Todd | June 22, 2016 at 9:33am CDT

The Mariners have acquired southpaw Wade LeBlanc from the Blue Jays, per an official announcement from Seattle. A player to be named later or cash will head back in return.

LeBlanc isn’t going directly onto the 40-man, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (via Twitter). But he is expected to be activated to take a start on Friday, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune tweets.

[Related: Updated Mariners depth chart]

The 31-year-old lefty didn’t crack the majors last year, ending a seven-year run in which he spent at least some time in the bigs. Instead, he pitched in Japan — an experience that he was kind enough to share with me on the MLBTR Podcast.

LeBlanc returned to affiliated ball this year with the Blue Jays organization, signing a minor league deal. He has shown quite well thus far at Triple-A, spinning 89 2/3 innings of 1.71 ERA ball with 8.5 K/9 against 2.1 BB/9.

Share Repost Send via email

Seattle Mariners Toronto Blue Jays Transactions Wade LeBlanc

Mariners Sign Tom Wilhelmsen
Main
Marlins Eyeing Pitching; Odorizzi, Pomeranz Among Targets
View Comments (15)
Post a Comment

15 Comments

  1. Zack35

    9 years ago

    Surprised the Jays moved him. He’s pitched really well at AAA this year and the Jays rotation has not been stellar. I thought they would give him a chance at some point.

    Reply
    • angrypoptart99

      9 years ago

      Lol, u dumb? Jays roatation has been solid asside from stromans strugles.

      Reply
      • Gogerty

        9 years ago

        Don’t know which is better; your initial response or horrible grammar after calling someone dumb. Thank you.

        Reply
      • cubsfan2489

        9 years ago

        Struggles*

        Reply
      • ThatBaseballGuy

        9 years ago

        *Aside

        Reply
        • TerrifyingOctopus

          9 years ago

          Stroman’s*

          Reply
        • TerrifyingOctopus

          9 years ago

          Rotation*

          Reply
    • Jizz Chasholm

      9 years ago

      The rotations not the problem, if anything, he should’ve replaced loup or venditte in the bullpen

      Reply
      • chris to.

        9 years ago

        I agree. Loup and Venditte have been horribly inconsistent (even though being called back up and sent down like a yo-yo probably doesn’t help). LeBlanc might be yet another stabilizer in the pen, kinda like Grilli.

        Reply
    • chris to.

      9 years ago

      Overall, the rotation has been solid. Stroman is the weak link right now. Estrada has been the ace of the staff so far. Happ has been great this year and proved his time in Pittsburgh was no fluke. Sanchez proved he has what it takes to be an effective starter. Dickey might be getting tired just from age, but he has been generally pretty good.

      If Stroman gets demoted to Buffalo to work on himself, Hutchison can take his place. Or the Jays might acquire a starter since they are apparently moving Sanchez to the pen. I would not like the thought of Floyd and/or Chavez in the rotation during what is hopefully a playoff push.

      Reply
    • marlins1993

      9 years ago

      Agree. This is baffling. Is Toronto really so pressed on their 40-man?

      Very smart move by the Mariners. If they keep acquiring bullpen depth this way, they’re gonna get the Wildcard by sheer force of will.

      Reply
      • stormie

        9 years ago

        They must be planning to stretch out Chavez and/or Floyd soon, as the bullpen becomes more crowded with Morales and Cecil returning. Could be they would rather use one or both of them as starters than Leblanc, despite his good numbers in AAA, and need his spot down there. Otherwise it’s definitely a curious move when you have 2 SP on innings limits and not much depth.

        Reply
        • marlins1993

          9 years ago

          Great analysis, Stormie.

          Reply
  2. west11

    9 years ago

    But after hutch takes Sanchez spot in the rotation Leblanc would have been first in line of defence
    They must be just opening a spot on there 90 man ( Latos still free )

    Reply
    • west11

      9 years ago

      Not to mention the jays are a world class organization that would be more willing to give the veteran a better opportunity to start in the majors far sooner than the jays could

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Anthony Volpe Undergoes Shoulder Surgery

    Alex Bregman Will Opt Out Of Red Sox Contract

    Mike Shildt Steps Down As Padres Manager

    Tigers Extended Manager A.J. Hinch Earlier This Season

    Munetaka Murakami To Be Posted This Offseason

    Cody Bellinger To Opt Out Of Contract With Yankees

    Angels, Albert Pujols Discussing Managerial Deal

    Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2026

    Rangers Hire Skip Schumaker As Manager

    Albert Pujols To Interview For Angels’ Managerial Vacancy, May Be “Leading Choice”

    Bill Schmidt Will Not Return As Rockies’ GM

    Brian Snitker Will Not Return As Braves’ Manager In 2026

    Angels To Have New Manager In 2026

    Rays Sale To Patrick Zalupski’s Group Officially Completed

    Guardians Promote Chase DeLauter For Wild Card Series

    Bruce Bochy Will Not Return As Rangers Manager Amid Financial Uncertainty

    Liam Hendriks Undergoes Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery

    Twins Fire Rocco Baldelli

    Giants Fire Bob Melvin

    Pirates Sign Manager Don Kelly To Extension

    Recent

    A.J. Preller Discusses Padres’ Rotation

    Latest On Mike Shildt’s Resignation As Padres Manager

    Diamondbacks Hire J.R. House As Third Base Coach

    Albert Pujols Expected To Interview For Orioles’ Managerial Opening

    Rocco Baldelli Interested In Managing Again

    Devin Williams: Open To Reunion With Yankees

    Nine Players Elect Free Agency

    Twins Claim Ryan Kreidler

    Twins To Interview Nick Punto About Managerial Vacancy

    NPB’s Rakuten Eagles Re-Sign Luke Voit

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Every MLB Trade In July
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Tim Dierkes' MLB Mailbag
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2026-27 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2026
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information

    hide arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version