Wade LeBlanc hasn’t spent too many of his 10 years in the major leagues with any sort of stability. Is he a starter? A reliever? Is he living in San Diego, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Japan or Pittsburgh?
He’s found his home now, one made of dirt in the middle of a diamond at Safeco Field.
The native of Lake Charles, Louisiana and graduate of the University of Alabama signed a contract extension earlier Tuesday that will keep him a Seattle Mariner through the 2019 season and potentially through 2022.
Then LeBlanc displayed why he’s so deserving of sticking in this rotation, retiring the final 11 batters he faced and improving to 4-0 with the Mariners’ 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.