Trade: Marlins Trade John Baker to Padres for LHP Wade Leblanc

[MiamiHomer]

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ByTimReynolds Tim Reynolds
RT @MarlinsMedia: #Marlins acquire LHP Wade LeBlanc from Padres in exchange for C John Baker

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[Swifty]

Shake 'n Bake!!!

[emkayseven]

Not a fan of LeBlanc but I guess Bake was expendable. I'm pretty bummed though :/

[AdamRavs]

Offseason done! Championship!

[MiamiHomer]

I'm not surprised he's gone but man does it suck .

[Beef]

What does ...J... think?

[Chewford]

It's about time we acquired a big name talent.

[DropkickAlex]

Does he take a spot in the rotation?

[MiamiHomer]

Wade LeBlanc stats:

[Big Z]

Minor league depth, not bad.

[Ramp]

I like Leblanc, it will be good depth. I obviously like Johnny Bake alot too. He's a good guy and hopefully he can stay healthy back home on the westcoast.

[Chewford]

Does he take a spot in the rotation?

[shane]

LeBlanc 2011 home away splits fwiw with him pitching at PetCo:

Split IP ERA TBF H 2B 3B R ER HR BB IBB HBP SO
Home 44.1 3.65 185 45 14 0 18 18 4 15 1 1 29
Away 35.1 5.86 154 39 9 0 24 23 3 13 0 0 22

Split K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% AVG WHIP BABIP LOB% FIP xFIP
Home 5.89 3.05 1.93 0.81 15.7 % 8.1 % .266 1.35 .302 77.6 % 3.97 4.10
Away 5.60 3.31 1.69 0.76 14.3 % 8.4 % .277 1.47 .310 58.6 % 3.99 4.38

[DropkickAlex]

I only ask because it doesn't make sense to trade a valuable player just for minor league depth. Unless something has completely slipped my mind.

[Ramp]

Baker ain't that valuable

And I wouldn't be surprised to see Leblanc in the rotation this year, depends on signings on all that other yada yada.