Wade LeBlanc requests, and receives, his release from Orioles

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• wish wade all the best of luck ..hope he can find another team ..being a lefty helps

• I wonder if this was his own decision, or “self improvement” wrought by the O’s? I guess we’ll see where/if he pops up on another team

• He was a long shot to make the team this year.

• Bring Wade back! Akins is looking shaking this spring...

• I'd P.O.'ed too if I had put up those numbers compared to what Matt Harvey has managed in camp. But who get's put on the 40?

  One more example of "spring training doesn't mean spit" ... in the house of Elias. Tell us again Mikey how having these in-house competitions benefits everyone. Better yet, tell it to Mr. LeBlanc.

  • Oh no, what are the O’s going to do without 36 year old injury prone Wade LeBlanc? In my opinion Harvey has more trade value being younger and showing flashes of his old self

    • Showing flashes of his old self? Bwaahaahaaahahaaa.... Are you referring to that stellar 5.4 ERA? Oh ... you must be talking about that 4 inning gem vs. the Yankees AA ball team last Saturday night. Big deal.

      Please...he's washed up and will be off the team before June is over. Earlier if we get offered a bag of chips in trade.

      And I wasn't crying about LeBlanc ... I was simply bemoaning the fact that merit is ignored by the boy genius. LeBlanc has outperformed Harvey by a good bit this spring and deserved to put on the 40 way more than Harvey. I'd be P.O.'ed as well.

      • BRR-Bellyaching, Railing, and Reviling! You are permanently PO’d!

        Spring training stats means very little unless you feel the need to criticize everything Elias does to the nth degree, then you can make a 36 year olds 8 innings worth of stats into a mountain of evidence to convict a GM you dislike of a crime of your choosing

        • So Pajama boy ... are you saying that LeBlanc shouldn't be upset with losing out to another pitcher who has stunk it up in camp while he acquitted himself quite well?

          And I'll stop criticizing our GM when he actually starts trying to win a few games instead of intentionally throwing entire seasons.

  • Akins pretty much signing his ticket down with his effort tonight...Elias hasn’t shown yet what you do on spring training really means anything...go O’s...

  • Are you president of the Wade LeBlanc fan club?

    • If you're asking me ...no I'm not.

  • Id rather take Harvey who it actively trying to improve than 36 year old LeBlanc who got blown up by major league hitting across 6 starts then hurt last year.

    • I'm not advocating LeBlanc...I'm just saying that he outperformed Harvey this spring..and I'd be asking from my release if I were him as well. What happened to Elias "open competitions" he speaks so freely of?

  • BRR-Bellyaching, Railing, and Reviling! You are permanently PO’d!

    Spring training stats means very little unless you feel the need to criticize everything Elias does to the nth degree, then you can make a 36 year olds 8 innings worth of stats into a mountain of evidence to convict a GM you dislike of a crime of your choosing

  • BRR, thanks for reassuring me that I'm not missing out on any insightful discussions by not reading the comments on this site.

    I decided to load the comment section tonight, and behold, I see the same dribble and asinine comments from you.

    Letting Leblanc go, or even if it was Harvey, is no big loss either way and if you made an unsubstantiated comment like this on almost any other baseball site the commentators would swarm you with stats, comparisons and legitimate insults. It's been done here but you either ignore it or can't understand how wrong you are.

    I remember you bashing Elias when Cashner was traded, how are his numbers this spring? Oh that's right, he has none because no team wants him. You bash Elias but praise DD. DD is so good that he doing youth camps. lol.

    We get it, you don't like the 'boy genius' and I don't agree with everything, but I would feel pretty pathetic if I disliked a team's management as you do with the Os, and I still commented everyday stating it. Here's a suggestion, find another pastime until Elias is gone. Your steady bashing is played out.

    It's sad because I've seen a lot people who are very knowledgeable comment on this site and after a few discussions with you or a few other haters here they're gone. We could be learning from each other, but people who have a lot to offer won't get involved with these ridiculous discussions.

    • You again? Read what I write son. I never stated losing LeBlanc was a big loss. That's the problem ... people really don't read that closely what is written.

      If my steady bashing is so played out, why are you so upset, and why are you back?

      • I answered these questions in my comment above.

        • You didn't specify anything. Just attacked me.
          Can you actually tell me who we got for Cashner and where they are?
          Give me one example of what I'm so wrong about and provide those numbers you referenced.
          Geeze son...you promised to disappear from this site a few weeks ago...we're not smart enough for you etc etc ...why are you back?

      • You are a CLOWN Ken ! John Powell would probably slap you across your mug for dishonoring his good name. Brooks & Frank would join right in.

        You act as if you are the supreme Orioles fan on Planet Earth. Whoever informed you that Orioles Baseball starts and ends with you Kenny boy........LIED TO YOU.

        Now do the rest of us a solid here and just disappear already.

        Yoy grossly opinionated MORON !!

        • *You

    • Dribble? Do you mean "drivel"?

  • I liked it better when ESJ wasn’t here, hasn’t he said multiple times “this is my last post”, also think it’s funny how bold PJ’s is after a few posts, nothing like breaking in a newby...LMAO...go O’s...

    • Of course you like iit better, bullies don't like getting stood up to.

      Oh, and I did write once that I wasn't going to post here anymore. I'm just stopping by to see if the trash is still here. Sadly, it is.

      • B-I-N-G-O !!

    • He's harmless. He writes well. But never really backs up what he says. Just likes to trash the Elias critics.

  • Lol, now it is...go O’s...

• LeBlanc should have started over Akin. Akin is garbage. What does the analytics department see with this kid? Akin can't possibly be on the major league squad, if this team has any expectation of competing this year.

• Anyone else notice that Bundy AND Gausman have been named their respective teams starters for Opening Day? I know the O’s received a bunch of prospects for Bundy but I honestly can’t remember what they got for Gausman. Anyone out there to refresh my memory I’d appreciate it.

  • Boy, the vibrant positivity is overwhelming tonight!

  • Go to baseball reference, find Gausman’s page, click on transactions...

  • Dave, they received Bruce Zimmermann, Evan Phillips, Matt Cumberland and JC Encarnacion.

    • And the Orioles trade Darren O’Day to the Braves along with Gausman

  • As I stated last week, one thing I love about this site is the varying viewpoints. Agree or disagree I know we’re all hoping for the same thing, O’s success. If by simply stating Bundy and Gausman are their respective teams starters is somehow perceived as negativity well, that wasn’t the intention. I’m happy for both of them, I just couldn’t remember what they got in return for Gausman. BTW Rich, thank you for answering that. Heck, Zimmerman alone might make that a good deal. So, in closing, whether I agree it disagree I’ll respect everyone’s opinions. I hope it’s not asking too much for the same in return. I’m still a relative newbie to the site but I plan on staying a while.

  • Stat boy is getting all pissy...lol...go O’s...

    • Got 'em all riled of this stupid little post 'eh?

• Rich, I love reading your stories consistently, I visit several times a day to make sure I haven't missed anything. Thank you so much.
  That said, I am very tempted to stop reading the comments. I enjoy most of them, and there was a time when I enjoyed all of them, but it seems lately that the excess of negativism presented constantly by BRR and echoed by one or two others on occasion is annoying, trite and childish.
  I don't say this because I disagree with the points being made or feel that there is no value in discussing the particular perspectives, but because it is no fun to read someone's writing when they have characterized themselves into an ill-willed tone of voice and have no other.
  Sorry. It just got to the point where I had to say something.
  Thanks again and keep up the good work. I do look forward to it!

  • Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I like some, not others, it’s entertaining, if it bothers you then don’t read them...go O’s...

  • One positive thing I noticed about Mikey was since his hair started going gray he hasn’t dyed it...go O’s...

    • One positive thing about Mikey is that he HAS hair. He's also smart. He knows exactly what he's doing. No doubt.

  • Please tell us all the positives moves the Boy Genius has made.

  • I have indeed been accused of being childish before on more than one occasion. But trite? I'm going to have look that on up.

    • "on"? Do you mean “one”?

      • You're quick. Yes I meant one.

• I’m a relative newbie and like the comments good and bad. I come for Rich’s insights and look at the comments as entertainment.
  BRR and his posse do come up with some good one liners, we have others that post great stats.
  Keep it coming can’t wait for opening day.

  • Love that post Tile...go O’s...

• My point wasn't that they were wrong or not entitled to their opinion, just that their takes are tedious, repetitive and predictable and do not move the conversation forward. Interesting that someone would use the "entitled to opinion" line in an attempt to forestall criticism, but I knew exactly who would do it. Not reading is an option, but not after the fact, I was describing my reaction to having read them and did not suggest they cease writing.
  Sorry if this went off the tracks Rich, that wasn't my intention.