Josh Sborz

Josh Sborz
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993
McLean, Virginia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Joshua Alan Sborz (born December 17, 1993) is an American pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He was drafted 74th overall by the Dodgers in the 2015 MLB Draft. Sborz pitched collegiately at the University of Virginia.

Amateur career

Sborz attended McLean High School in McLean, Virginia. He played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher and an infielder, and received all-state and all-Met honors twice. Additionally, he was named Group AAA state Player of the Year in 2012.[1] Sborz committed to playing college baseball at the University of Virginia.

As a freshman with the Cavaliers, Sborz mainly pitched out of the bullpen. He made 30 appearances for Virginia, which was the 10th most in team history.[2] Sborz joined the UVA rotation during his sophomore season and made 15 starts.[3] He started Game 3 of the College World Series finals against Vanderbilt.[4]

For his junior season, Sborz was moved back to the bullpen and was named the team's closer. As a result of injuries to the starting rotation, Sborz made two starts towards the end of the regular season. He ended the regular season with a 2.49 ERA and was tied with Florida State's Billy Strode for the ACC lead in saves with 12.[5] For his accomplishments, Sborz was named to the All-ACC second-team.[6] On May 19, 2015, he threw a one-hit shutout against Georgia Tech in an ACC Tournament play-in game.[7] Sborz was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player following UVA's championship run in the 2015 College World Series. He recorded three wins and a save in four games; pitching 13 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts, four walks and seven hits allowed. [8]

Professional career

On June 8, 2015, Sborz was selected in the second round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[9] The Dodgers announced his signing on July 8, 2015.[10] He was assigned to the rookie level Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League to start his career.[11] After pitching in two games for the Raptors he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class-A Midwest League.[12] He also made two starts for the Loons and was 0–1 with a 2.84 ERA leading to his promotion again, to the Advanced Class-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League on August 14.[13] In nine relief appearances for the Quakes he allowed two runs in 12 innings.[14] He remained with the Quakes for the start of the 2016 season[15] and pitched in 20 games, 19 of which were starts. He was 8–4 with a 2.66 ERA[14] and was named to the mid-season[16] and post-season California League All-Star teams as well as the league pitcher of the year.[17] He was promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League at the end of the season and made 10 relief appearances with them, for a 3.78 ERA.[14]

Personal life

Josh's parents are John and Tina Sborz. He has two sisters and an older brother, Jay, who pitched for eight years in the Detroit Tigers organization.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Facinoli, Dave (June 13, 2012). "McLean Baseball Player Chosen Virginia's Finest by the Coaches". InsideNova.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Josh Sborz UVA Bio". virginiasports.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ↑ White, Jeff (January 29, 2015). "Sborz Embraces New Role in Bullpen". virginiasports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Giannotto, Mark (June 26, 2014). "College World Series: Virginia falls short against Vanderbilt in Game 3 of final series". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ramspacher, Andrew (May 18, 2015). "Sborz gets start for Virginia's ACC Tournament opener". The Daily Progress. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 ACC Baseball Honors Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Associated Press (May 19, 2015). "Sborz throws 1-hitter, UVa beats GT 11-0 at ACC tourney". USA Today. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Virginia reliever Josh Sborz headlines the 2015 CWS All-Tournament team". NCAA. June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Gurnick, Ken (June 9, 2015). "Hard-throwing Sborz goes 74th to Dodgers". MLB.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Stephen, Eric (July 8, 2015). "Dodgers sign Josh Sborz & Philip Pfeifer". SB Nation. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Hajek, James (July 25, 2015). "Rockies Pitching Stifles Raptors". milb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Bernreuter, Hugh (July 30, 2015). "Dodgers promote College World Series MVP Josh Sborz to Loons". mlive.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Bernreuter, Hugh (August 14, 2015). "Dodger promotions include prospects Alex Verdugo, Josh Sborz". mlive.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 "Josh Sborz minor league statistics & history". Baseball Reference.
  15. ↑ Walton, Ryan (April 4, 2016). "Rancho Cucamonga opening day roster highlighted by Grant Holmes, Yusniel Diaz". SB Nation. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ "TWO QUAKES NAMED 2016 CAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS". milb.com. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  17. ↑ Lindskog, Mike (August 24, 2016). "Quakes with 5 All-Stars, Sborz is Pitcher of the Year". Milb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.