Wade LeBlanc doesn’t have to do much to crack the Baltimore Orioles starting rotation, something he knew when agreeing to sign a minor league deal with Orioles over offers from other major league clubs.
After a short and solid day at the office on Sunday afternoon against the Boston Red Sox, LeBlanc told reporters he was “not trying to impress anybody at this stage.” “I’m 35,” he said. “If they don’t know who I am as far as a pitcher, we got problems.” (via Joe Trezza of MLB.com)
LeBlanc is one name among a long list of pitchers in Orioles camp battling for a rotation spot, a competition that won’t make national headlines, but does feature a few interesting names and possible bounce-back candidates.