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Brewers Sign Wade LeBlanc, Logan Forsythe

By Steve Adams | May 4, 2021 at 10:53am CDT

The Brewers have signed left-hander Wade LeBlanc, infielder Logan Forsythe and catcher Christian Kelley to minor league contracts, per a team announcement. All three will open the season with their top minor league affiliate in Nashville.

LeBlanc, 36, began the season with the Orioles but was designated for assignment after six appearances. He spent the 2020 season with Baltimore as well, but the overall results weren’t pretty. The soft-tossing southpaw logged 29 frames with the Birds and was clobbered for 27 runs on 38 hits and nine walks with 19 strikeouts.

That said, LeBlanc has a pretty lengthy track record at the big league level and was particularly effective from 2014-18, when he tallied 321 2/3 innings of 3.92 ERA ball spread across stints with the Angels, Yankees, Pirates and Mariners. He notched a career-high 162 innings with the 2018 Mariners and turned in a very solid 3.72 ERA in that time.

Forsythe, 34, brings a solid track record of his own to the Brewers. He’s spent parts of 10 seasons in the Majors and is experienced at all four infield positions. His peak came with the 2015-16 Rays, when he slashed a combined .273/.347/.444 as the team’s primary second baseman. He’s struggled at the plate and bounced around the league in journeyman fashion since that time. Overall, Forsythe is a career .244/.326/.369 hitter. He’s a versatile right-handed bat who’ll give the Brewers a depth option with a similar skill set to that of 2020 utilityman Jedd Gyorko (albeit without as much success at the plate).

The 27-year-old Kelley has never appeared in the Majors. He’s spent his career to this point in the Pirates organization, topping out with a rough Triple-A showing in 2019. Kelley was an 11th-round pick by the Bucs back in 2015 and carries only a career .229/.311/.306 batting line as a professional. However, he’s regarded as a sound defender, rating as the best defensive catcher in Pittsburgh’s system from 2018-20, per Baseball America. He’ll give the Brewers some depth with both Omar Narvaez and Manny Pina on the injured list.

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16 Comments

  1. The Baseball Fan

    4 years ago

    Both seem like Brewers for some reason lmao

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  2. LordD99

    4 years ago

    Depth moves.

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  3. CravenMoorehead

    4 years ago

    NL Central has officially been put on notice

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  4. greatgame 2

    4 years ago

    WHY??

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    • kellin

      4 years ago

      Why not? Just minor league signings.

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    • LordD99

      4 years ago

      WHY do fans ask questions like this. It is what it is.

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      • Texas Outlaw

        4 years ago

        Agreed. You would think they got handed a 100mil contract. It’s a minor deal for depth.

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  5. petersdylan36

    4 years ago

    Brewers seem to utilize old Padres players: Leblanc, Forsythe, Gyorko.

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  6. solaris602

    4 years ago

    When a player is referred to as “depth” it’s like they’re in a glass case labeled, “Break only in case of emergency”, and like a fire extinguisher, discard after use

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  7. Rsox

    4 years ago

    Logan Forsythe: the poor man’s Jed Gyorko…

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  8. MannyPineappleExpress9

    4 years ago

    These don’t seem like totally illogical moves considering nearly half of their opening day, 40 man roster is or has been on the IL in barely 1 month of the regular season.

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  9. kripes-brewers

    4 years ago

    Super tired of all the strikeouts. Think the crew needs to fire their hitting coach too. Just a little more contact and this team would be formidable with the fairly solid pitching to this point. Just please stop striking out!!!!!

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    • SharksFan91

      4 years ago

      @kripes-brewers You along with many others. Seems to be all of baseball these days. Especially with players on base (ex. 2B or 3B), no one or one out and that’s where the baserunner stays. Unfortunately, a major issue (among others) the Brewers have and happens routinely year after year during the Counsell/Stearns era.

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  10. SharksFan91

    4 years ago

    Simply more of the usual players who all play and look-alike that the Brewers typically bring in.

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    • MannyPineappleExpress9

      4 years ago

      At this point, who’s out there they could or should be bringing in?

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      • SharksFan91

        4 years ago

        Who? Athletes! Speed, running the bases, and above-average defense usually don’t slump.

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