Wade LeBlanc was signed at the end of spring training. Projected as a long reliever to open the year, many questioned whether he would even be on the team come May. Though LeBlanc pitched well in several mop-up outings, it wasn’t until Erasmo Ramírez (oh yeah him) was sunk by injury and ineffectiveness that he got a shot in the rotation on May 3rd.
Exactly two months later, Wade LeBlanc signed an extension that could keep him in a Mariner uniform through 2022, and followed it up by pitching one of his best starts of the year.