The Braves have signed left-hander Zach Logue to a minor league deal, as relayed by Jon Heyman of The New York Post. The lefty is a client of MSM Sports Management.
Logue, 28 in April, has 68 innings of major league experience to his point, pitching for the A’s in 2022 and the Tigers in 2023. He has an unfortunate 6.88 earned run average in that small sample, with a respectable 7.2% walk rate but a subpar 17% strikeout rate. He spent most of 2023 in Triple-A, tossing 90 1/3 innings at that level with a 6.58 ERA. He was outrighted by the Tigers in August and able to elect free agency at season’s end.
Prior to getting to the big leagues, Logue was a prospect in the Blue Jays’ system, eventually coming to the A’s as part of the Matt Chapman trade. He was in better form prior to that deal, tossing 125 minor league innings in 2021 with a 3.67 ERA, 28.2% strikeout rate and 5.3% walk rate.
Atlanta has a strong front three in their rotation, with Spencer Strider, Max Fried and Charlie Morton. Beyond that, things are less firm, with Bryce Elder, Huascar Ynoa, Reynaldo López and AJ Smith-Shawver some of the options for the back end. They might still acquire more pitching throughout the offseason but Logue can provide them with some non-roster depth regardless. If he can get back into the form he showed a few years ago and earn a roster spot, he still has one option season remaining and less than a year of service time.
I always like low risk moves as occasionally they become high reward moves
Good luck with that dumpster fire.
Thanks, ruff. Happy holidays to you too!
Cheers! Happy holidays!
Yeah, Ole buddy’s stats look really rough…
Who knows? Maybe the Braves view him as a relief pitcher, and they can unlock something altering how often he throws certain pitches, altering his grips, or having him learn a new pitch. It’s possible he’d benefit from a mechanical change or working solely out of the stretch as well, idk…
Either way, it is clear they see something in him, despite his recently repetitive poor performances. I guess we will just have to wait and see..
IMMINENT MY ASS
This is just a pro-logue to another move.
Logue is so in vogue.
AA snatching all the lefties.
Yeah ohtani’s a rightie, the braves were in need of lefties so they chose this route. Probably a smarter signing
If Stearns did a similar depth signing, the WFAN overnight Incels would mutiny
Ohtani to the Jays- bummer
Now new reports are saying it’s not a done deal.
Of course. Is Heyman reporting again?
Nightingale said no deal and that dude is never right so…
I will say the Reddit conspiracy with the flight trackers presents a compelling case for Toronto.
Shohei who? Braves are set.
This guy sucked in oakland part of the disaster matt chapman trade
Worth
Worth the risk. Coming from bad teams maybe a good defense will help him turn it around.
Really thought back in his Blue Jays days he would become a can of the rotation starter. Hasn’t panned out, but I would be interested to see if maybe moving to the pen would work for him.