Zach Logue

Zach Michael Logue (born April 23, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Zach Logue
Logue with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2018
Oakland Athletics – No. 67
Pitcher
Born: (1996-04-23) April 23, 1996
Mason, Ohio
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 19, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through April 19, 2022)
Win–loss record1–0
Earned run average0.00
Strikeouts1
Teams

High school and college

Logue attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and played college baseball at the University of Kentucky. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]

Professional career

He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3]

Logue spent his first professional season with the rookie-level Bluefield Blue Jays and Low-A Vancouver Canadians, logging a 1.47 ERA in 12 combined appearances.[4] He spent 2018 with the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts and the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays, and pitched to a 12-4 record and 3.15 ERA with 129 strikeouts in 154.1 innings of work across 27 appearances (25 of them starts). In 2019, Logue split the year between the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, recording a cumulative 4.14 ERA with 83 strikeouts in 104.1 innings of work in 20 games between the two teams.[5] Logue did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He started the 2021 season with New Hampshire before being promoted to Buffalo.[7] On the year, he worked to a 12-4 record and 3.67 ERA with 144 strikeouts in 125.0 innings pitched in 25 total games (24 of them starts). He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[8]

On March 16, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Logue, Gunnar Hoglund, Kevin Smith, and Kirby Snead to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Chapman.[9]

On April 15, 2022, Logue was added to the Athletics roster for their road trip to Toronto as a covid-related substitute.[10]

References
  1. "#22 Zach Logue - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  2. "Moeller/UK duo head opposite directions in MLB draft".
  3. "UK players Riley Mahan, Logan Salow, Zach Pop, Zach Logue, Zach Reks picked in MLB draft".
  4. "Former Moeller, UK lefthander Zach Logue battles for the Blue Jays in Florida".
  5. "Zach Logue Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History".
  6. "2020 Minor League Season Canceled". mlbtraderumors.com.
  7. Armstrong, Laura (June 26, 2021). "Blue Jays prospect Zach Logue has his worst game on the best day of his season". The Toronto Star.
  8. "Jimenez, 3 others shielded from Rule 5 Draft". MLB.com.
  9. Matheson, Keegan (March 16, 2022). "Blue Jays, A's agree to Chapman trade". MLB.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. Adams, Steve (April 15, 2022). "A's Announce Several Roster Moves". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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