Brandon Leibrandt

Brandon Charles Leibrandt (born December 13, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins. Leibrandt is the son of former MLB pitcher Charlie Leibrandt.

Brandon Leibrandt
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1992-12-13) December 13, 1992
Alpharetta, Georgia
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 23, 2020, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record0-0
Earned run average2.00
Strikeouts3
Teams

Career

Leibrandt attended Marist School in Brookhaven, Georgia.[1] As a pitcher on the school's baseball team, he had a 13–0 win-loss record with an 0.71 earned run average (ERA) in 79 innings pitched with 120 strikeouts and 11 walks as a senior.[2] He was named Baseball America High School third team All-American in 2011 and ESPN Rise first team.[2]

Leibrandt enrolled at Florida State University to play college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles. As a freshman in 2012 he was 8–3 with a 2.82 ERA in 19 starts (tied for 3rd-most in the country), and as a sophomore he was 10–4 record with a 3.44 ERA.[2] In 2013, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] As a junior he was 4–1 with a 1.83 ERA, before he was injured and had his season cut short.[2] The Philadelphia Phillies selected him in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB Draft.[4]

Philadelphia Phillies

Leibrandt signed and spent 2014 with the GCL Phillies and Williamsport Crosscutters, pitching to a combined 3–5 record and 2.82 ERA with 67 strikeouts and an 0.97 WHIP in 60.2 innings. In 2015, he played for the Clearwater Threshers where he compiled a 7–3 record, 3.11 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in 17 starts. He was a Florida State League Mid-Season All Star, and an MiLB Phillies Organization All Star. In 2016, he returned to Clearwater, but pitched in only six games due to injury. He spent 2017 with both the Reading Fightin Phils and Lehigh Valley IronPigs, posting a combined 11–5 record and 3.62 ERA in 25 total starts between the two clubs.[5][6]

Leibrandt returned to Lehigh Valley in 2018, going 4–1 with a 1.42 ERA and an 0.87 WHIP in 20 games (six starts), and struck out 32 batters in 50.2 innings.[7][8] He last pitched on June 30, and underwent Tommy John surgery, missing the remainder of the 2018 season and the 2019 season.

The Phillies released Leibrandt on May 29, 2020.[9][10]

Miami Marlins

On June 3, 2020, Leibrandt signed with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. [11] On August 10, 2020, the Miami Marlins selected his contract from Somerset.[12] Leibrandt was promoted to the major leagues on August 18.[13] He made his major league debut on August 23 against the Washington Nationals. He was sent outright to AAA on October 29, 2020. He became a free agent on November 2, 2020.

See also

References
  1. Housenick, Tom. "Brandon Leibrandt must throw opponents for a curve more often than he did in his IronPigs debut". mcall.com.
  2. "Brandon Leibrandt". Seminoles.com. December 13, 1992. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. "#39 Brandon Leibrandt - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. "Luke Dykstra, Brandon Leibrandt drafted on Day 2". Espn.go.com. June 6, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. "Brandon Leibrandt Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  6. "Brandon Leibrandt must throw opponents for a curve more often than he did in his IronPigs debut - The Morning Call". Mcall.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  7. "Brandon Leibrandt Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  8. Chase, Benjamin (2018-10-13). "Philadelphia Phillies 2018 minor league awards". Calltothepen.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  9. Housenick, Tom. "Ali Castillo, Brandon Leibrandt among Phillies minor leaguers released". mcall.com.
  10. Housenick, Tom. "Former Phils pitching prospects Mark Leiter, Brandon Leibrandt meet again in independent ball". mcall.com.
  11. http://www.atlanticleague.com/stats/transactions/
  12. Jackson, Miriam (August 6, 2020). "Marlins Sign Brandon Leibrandt – MLB Trade Rumors | The Union Journal".
  13. "LHP Brandon Leibrandt's Journey From Somerset To MLB". patch.com. Bridgewater, New Jersey: NJ Patch. August 18, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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