Left-hander Wade LeBlanc has signed with the Seibu Lions of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, according to a tweet from his agency, CAA Baseball.
The 30-year-old LeBlanc was non-tendered by the Angels this winter despite a projected salary of $800K and largely positive results in a Halos uniform. The former second-round pick posted a 3.45 ERA and a 21-to-6 K/BB ratio in a small sample of 28 2/3 innings with the Angels, but 10 2/3 of those frames came over a pair of scoreless September starts after the season-ending injuries to Garrett Richards and Tyler Skaggs.
LeBlanc has a lifetime 4.47 ERA with 6.1 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in 446 2/3 innings between the Padres, Marlins, Angels, Astros and Yankees.
