Sborz allowed three runs on three hits and one walk while striking out one over one inning in Friday's 10-8 loss to Toronto.

EDGE Analysis

John King and Sborz combined for 1.2 ineffective innings of relief, after Texas built a 7-3 lead entering the fifth inning. The Blue Jays kicked off their rally with a two-out walk issued by King and ended when Teoscar Hernandez stung Sborz with a three-run home run. The righty reliever remained in to start the sixth inning and was responsible for a runner that scored after reaching base on yet another two-out free pass. Sborz is projected for high-leverage relief work, but his first outing did not go as planned.

Sborz is one of several relievers that will pitch in high-leverage situations, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Rangers are preparing for Opening Day in Toronto on Friday and are bringing 10 bullpen arms. That includes several long relievers, whose job it will be to bridge the game from starters who had a shorter-than-normal training camp to high-leverage relief crew. That should include Sborz, Joe Barlow, Matt Bush, Greg Holland and Brett Martin. Sborz logged 63 appearances in 2021, posting a 3.97 ERA and 1.42 WHIP one one save over 59 innings. Texas manager Chris Woodward has not named a closer, but Barlow, Bush and Holland are viewed as the frontrunners.

Sborz (4-3) allowed a run on two hits and a walk while striking out one in one inning, but he earned the win Friday versus Baltimore.

EDGE Analysis

The right-hander benefited from Texas' five-run ninth inning, which put him in line for his fourth win of the year. Sborz has been effective in the second half of the season, posting a 3.00 ERA across 27 innings since the start of July. He's notched a 3.95 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and 67:31 K:BB across 57 innings overall while adding a save and nine holds as a high-leverage option for a Texas team that's struggled to win games.

Sborz was reinstated from the paternity list Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Sborz had been away from the team since Tuesday. He'll return to a team that just traded closer Ian Kennedy to the Phillies, so he'll have the chance to compete for saves down the stretch, though his 4.46 ERA is hardly closer material.

Sborz was placed on the paternity list Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

Players typically miss three days while on paternity leave. If that's the case with Sborz, he'll be back for Friday's game against Seattle. Jason Martin was recalled in a corresponding move.

Sborz (3-3) allowed three runs (two earned) on a hit and three walks while striking out two in two-thirds of an inning. He took the extra-inning loss versus Minnesota on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Sborz allowed the initial runner to score on a Luis Arraez triple, then loaded the bases and walked in a run. Demarcus Evans also allowed an inherited runner to score before escaping the jam. Sborz has allowed nine runs (eight earned) in 7.1 innings across his last nine outings. He has a 4.94 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 38:12 K:BB across 27.1 innings overall with a save, two holds and three blown saves.

Sborz allowed one run on one hit and struck out two over one inning in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Astros.

EDGE Analysis

With closer Ian Kennedy (hamstring) on the shelf, manager Chris Woodward turned to Sborz for the save. After dispatching Yordan Alvarez (strikeout) and Yuli Gurriel (pop up), Sborz caught too much of the zone with a slider that Carlos Correa made him pay for with a game-tying home run that sent the game into extras. An inning later, Demarcus Evans served up a grand slam to Jose Altuve. Sborz and Evans are expected to share the late-inning chores while Kennedy is on the injured list.

Sborz earned the save against the Twins on Thursday by tossing a perfect inning that included a pair of strikeouts.

EDGE Analysis

The 27-year-old entered the 10th inning with the Rangers leading by one and retired all three of his batters in just 11 pitches, including strikeouts of Willians Astudillo and Josh Donaldson. Sborz has only allowed one run over his last seven appearances and sports a 3.55 ERA and 0.87 WHIP across 12.1 innings this season.

Sborz (3-1) picked up the win Sunday against the Red Sox after tossing a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

EDGE Analysis

Sborz entered the game in the eighth inning with Texas down 3-2 on the score but delivered an impressive outing, tossing 11 of his 15 pitches for strikes while retiring J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers in a row. The right-hander has not allowed runs in seven of his last nine appearances and owns an 11:4 K:BB through 11.2 innings this season.

The Rangers recalled Sborz from their taxi squad ahead of Sunday's game against the White Sox.

EDGE Analysis

He'll join the bullpen as a replacement for Kyle Cody (shoulder), who was placed on the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. Before being optioned off the 26-man active roster April 16, Sborz appeared in six games for Texas and gave up four earned runs over five innings.