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Rangers Sign Wade LeBlanc To Minors Deal

By TC Zencka | June 1, 2021 at 2:29pm CDT

The Rangers have signed free agent veteran Wade LeBlanc and assigned him to Round Rock, per the team. It’s a minor league contract.

The Rangers are LeBlanc’s third organization of the 2021 season. He spent time in the Brewers minor league system and made six appearances (one start) at the big league level for the Orioles. Those outings weren’t a rousing success as LeBlanc served up seven earned runs on 11 hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings. He also struck out six.

LeBlanc will be around the plate, but he’s long lacked the put-away type of stuff to make batters skittish at the dish. Regardless, he’s hung around the Majors since 2008, dressing for the Padres, Marlins, Astros, Angels, Yankees, Mariners, Pirates and Orioles. He owns a career 4.59 ERA/4.73 FIP over 889 career innings.

For the Rangers, they have some uncertainty in their rotation in the near-term and likely don’t want to find themselves backed into a corner, throwing arms before they’re ready. They’re waiting to see how Kyle Gibson recovers from a strained groin, and they recently placed Kohei Arihara on the 60-day injured list. Kolby Allard looks like he’ll have a chance at earning a rotation spot, but he made his first start of the season this week after posting a 3.15 ERA out of the bullpen.

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  1. TheBaldPhoenixRedux

    4 years ago

    There’s a waste of money and time.
    Dead Last…Rangers.
    Ya can’t win by “running your team like the Pittsburgh Pirates…of the Alamo”. Ya can’t.
    (But yet another Ex-Pirate arm ya sign?)
    Dead…Last.
    Baseball…Needs…Pitchers

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    • FletcherFan66

      4 years ago

      What

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      • TheBaldPhoenixRedux

        4 years ago

        Did I stutter?

        Reply
        • Michael Wheeler

          4 years ago

          Isn’t that what the ellipses are implying?

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        • TheBaldPhoenixRedux

          4 years ago

          No…it is conditional pause…
          …
          …
          So you can read.

          And absorb.

          Reply
        • getrealgone2

          4 years ago

          Is this Raymond Pettibon?

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        • Michael Wheeler

          4 years ago

          Thank you for clarifying. It’s appreciated.

          Reply
  2. TheBaldPhoenixRedux

    4 years ago

    And…(wait for it)…(elipses)…
    The Wade LeBlanc defenders of the castle ilk…are a coming.
    Guy is a scrub.
    Like you truly want any more of this type around? Lol.
    Release entirely.
    Guy is done. A never was/never shall be.
    Elipses, or otherwise

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    • cvarneski

      4 years ago

      Hey man I just went through the whole process of resetting my password & retrieving my username for this site just to check on you.

      You good?

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      • TheBaldPhoenixRedux

        4 years ago

        Peachy brother. And you?
        Thank you for asking.
        And keep reading. Hang in there.
        I am on your side.
        But someone gotta ask the tough questions
        May as well be me

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    • The Baseball Fan

      4 years ago

      Yea… next time try making sense?

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      • TheBaldPhoenixRedux

        4 years ago

        I do.
        Next time. Try reading.
        You’ll get it
        I have faith in you.

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        • The Baseball Fan

          4 years ago

          Maybe if you stop using a poem format it will work. Just a thought buddy

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  3. greatgame 2

    4 years ago

    a 4.73 FIP ??????

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    • TheBaldPhoenixRedux

      4 years ago

      A DD Nip? A Cuppy of SIP? An Acrobat of FLiP.
      Any stat from today’s Sabergeeks can make even a garbage pail arm (like LeBlanc) have something to “take to arbitration to get a raise”.
      The guy is a nondescript never was.
      Period.
      He can FlIP Dip ChaIN WhIP, whatever.
      Doesn’t take away from the fact that “he is over paid and a bum”. Period.
      Would not last 7 days in 1977 on a 7th place Team if he made 7 bucks a day back then.
      Even the WORST players of that era? Were better than this scrap.
      Nexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxt.

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  4. BigFred

    4 years ago

    Making a strong effort to be employed by every MLB team.

    Reply

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