| Zach Logue | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Logue with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2018 | |
| Atlanta Braves | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 23, 1996 Mason, Ohio, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 19, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 3–8 |
| Earned run average | 6.88 |
| Strikeouts | 52 |
| Teams | |
Zachariah Michael Logue (born April 23, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers.
Logue attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the University of Kentucky, where he played college baseball for the Kentucky Wildcats. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Logue 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]
In 2018, Logue played for 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+1⁄3 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+1⁄3 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 innings pitched in 25 total games (24 of them starts). He was added 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] On December 21, Logue was designated for assignment by the Athletics following the signing of Drew Rucinski.[11]
On December 23, 2022, Logue was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers.[12] Logue was then designated for assignment by the Tigers on December 31.[13] On January 6, 2023, Logue was sent outright to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.[14] In 15 games (13 starts) for Toledo, Logue posted a 2–6 record and 5.92 ERA with 52 strikeouts in 51+2⁄3 innings pitched.[15] Logue was selected to the active roster on June 29.[16] Logue made only three appearances for Detroit before he was designated for assignment by the Tigers following the acquisition of Isan Díaz on August 7.[17] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Toledo on August 9.[18] On October 2, Logue elected free agency.[19]
On December 8, 2023, Logue signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves.[20]