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Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
3.86
WHIP
1.22
K
17
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Sborz opened the 2023 campaign on the IL with an ankle injury that he suffered late in spring training. He was activated in mid-April and filled a multi-inning relief role for the Rangers, but eventually ascended into a setup role. The 30-year-old racked up six wins and 14 holds for the World Series champions, but spent more time on the injured list later in the season with various ailments. Sborz's 36.9 whiff percentage was a 98th percentile metric and he finished with a 30-plus percent strikeout rate for the second straight season. His ERA was inflated at 5.50, but his xERA was 3.35 and his 1.15 WHIP was a top-50 mark among qualified relievers. There's definitely some upside in his profile, but Sborz has been injured on five separate occasions over the past two seasons, making it hard to justify the fantasy investment even in the deepest of leagues. Read Past Outlooks
Multiple opinions on shoulder
Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said Monday that Sborz has been examined by multiple shoulder experts but has not yet made a decision on a course of action, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
ANALYSIS
Sborz dealt with a right shoulder problem off and on throughout the 2024 campaign and ended the season on the injured list with what the team simply referred to as shoulder fatigue. It would seem as though surgery could be one possibility Sborz is considering, although Young didn't divulge specifics in regards to what injury exactly the reliever is dealing with. With Kirby Yates, David Robertson and Jose Leclerc all becoming free agents, the health of Sborz is paramount.
Sborz dealt with a right shoulder problem off and on throughout the 2024 campaign and ended the season on the injured list with what the team simply referred to as shoulder fatigue. It would seem as though surgery could be one possibility Sborz is considering, although Young didn't divulge specifics in regards to what injury exactly the reliever is dealing with. With Kirby Yates, David Robertson and Jose Leclerc all becoming free agents, the health of Sborz is paramount.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
18
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-4%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-20%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .246 | 49 | 13 | 32 | 5 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .237 | 66 | 19 | 52 | 8 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .280 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .225 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .211 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .224 | 34 | 9 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .294 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .278 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-29%
ERA on Road
2024
-8%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 6.26 | 1.27 | 50.1 | 11.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.43 | 1.28 | 40.2 | 10.8 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.72 | 1.03 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.05 | 1.50 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2023Home | 7.77 | 1.19 | 24.1 | 11.1 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.54 | 1.11 | 28.0 | 11.6 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2022Home | 5.51 | 1.53 | 16.1 | 14.3 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2022Away | 9.00 | 1.83 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Josh Sborz compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.25K/9
9.4BB/9
2.2HR/9
0.6Fastball
95.1 mphERA
3.86WHIP
1.22BABIP
.340GB/FB
2.00Left On Base
64.5%Exit Velocity
82.0 mphBarrels/BBE
2.9%Spin Rate
2271 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.2%Swinging Strike
10.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
Sborz was a largely dependable (read: healthy) arm for the Rangers' bullpen in 2021, although the the 28-year-old righty was susceptible to hard contact and near the bottom of the league in exit velocity (91.1 mph). Despite the contact, he managed to keep the ball in the park. Home runs were never an issue in the minors, and he managed to not to get burned often in 59 MLB innings. Along with the hard contact, Sborz had an issue with walks. He had a 12.5 percent walk rate and issued nearly five free passes per nine innings. He's expected to pitch in a variety situations as a middle reliever.
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Lands on IL with shoulder fatigue
The Rangers placed Sborz on the 15-day injured list Saturday due to right shoulder fatigue.
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Back from IL
The Rangers reinstated Sborz (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list Tuesday.
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Still rehabbing
Sborz (shoulder), who began a rehab assignment Aug. 24, restarted his assignment this week after taking an extended break, MLB.com reports.
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Begins rehab assignment
Sborz (shoulder) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco on Saturday.
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Shut down with shoulder fatigue
The Rangers placed Sborz on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to right shoulder fatigue.
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