{"id":5781,"date":"2024-11-10T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T09:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2024-11-10T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T09:41:19","slug":"yankees-sign-brandon-leibrandt-to-minors-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5781","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Sign Brandon Leibrandt To Minors Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Mark Polishuk | <time datetime=\"2024-11-09T14:17:55-06:00\">November 9, 2024<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2024-11-09T14:17:55-06:00\">2:17pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Yankees signed <strong>Brandon Leibrandt<\/strong> to a minor league contract, according to the left-hander\u2019s profile page at MLB.com.\u00a0 The Reds designated Leibrandt for assignment and outrighted him off their 40-man roster at the end of October, upon which Leibrandt opted to become a minor league free agent.<\/p>\n<p>A sixth-round pick for the Phillies back in the 2014 draft, Leibrandt made his MLB debut in the form of nine innings and five appearances with the Marlins in 2020.\u00a0 That cup of coffee marked his last trip to the Show until this past season, when Leibrandt tossed 6 1\/3 innings over two appearances with Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>In between those two big league stints, Leibrandt pitched in the minors with the Marlins and Cubs, and he spent the entire 2023 campaign and the start of the 2024 season outside of affiliated baseball, pitching with the Atlantic League\u2019s High Point Rockers.\u00a0 Leibrandt had a 2.70 ERA over 80 innings with the Rockers, which was enough for the Reds to give him a look on a minor league deal last May.<\/p>\n<p>Leibrandt is turning 32 in December, so he\u2019d be a late bloomer if he can unlock something at this stage of his career and catch on as a reliable big league pitcher.\u00a0 However, the Yankees have had a solid recent track record at getting results out of unheralded pitchers, and Leibrandt\u2019s seven percent career walk rate in the minors is a hint that he might possess MLB-caliber control.\u00a0 There\u2019s no risk for the Yankees in bringing Leibrandt to Spring Training and seeing what he can offer as a southpaw depth arm for the bullpen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (15)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees signed Brandon Leibrandt to a minor league contract, according to the left-hander&#8217;s profile page at MLB.com.\u00a0 The Reds &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-5781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-brandon-leibrandt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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