NEW YORK — Josh Sborz, who earned the save to complete off the Texas Rangers’ first World Collection championship final season, was positioned on the injured record Sunday because of proper shoulder fatigue.
The transfer is retroactive to Thursday and the Rangers stated earlier than Sunday’s sport towards the Yankees that Sborz is headed again to Dallas to get examined by Dr. Greg Pearl, a thoracic outlet specialist.
Sborz is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 reduction appearances this season sandwiched round a pair of IL stints for a proper rotator cuff pressure. The suitable-hander made three appearances earlier than happening the IL April 7-24 after which made two extra earlier than lacking almost two months.
In 9 outings since coming back from the second stint July 4, Sborz had a 4.22 ERA.
Final season, Sborz was 6-7 with a 5.50 ERA in 44 appearances. In 10 postseason appearances, he allowed one run and pitched the ultimate 2â…“ innings within the Rangers’ 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Recreation 5 of the World Collection.
In addition to inserting Sborz on the IL once more, the Rangers designated Brock Burke for project a day after he allowed 4 runs in an 8-0 loss within the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader.
Burke has a 9.22 ERA in 13 appearances this season and Texas has seven days to launch him or outright the left-hander to the minors. Burke made eight appearances after lacking two months with a damaged proper hand he suffered whereas punching a door within the visiting clubhouse in Houston.
Burke, who debuted with Texas in 2019, was 5-3 with a 4.37 ERA in 53 outings final season.
To exchange Sborz and Burke, the Rangers recalled pitcher Walter Pennington from Triple-A Spherical Rock and chosen the contract of pitcher Matt Festa from Spherical Rock.
Pennington was acquired from Kansas Metropolis for Michael Lorenzen on July 29 and made his Texas debut final Sunday towards Boston. Within the minors this season, the left-hander is 7-3 with a 2.13 ERA in 39 appearances.
Festa made one look for the Mets on June 30. The suitable-hander signed a minor league contract with Texas on July 8, was granted his launch Aug. 1 and re-signed with the group on a minor league deal.
Festa is 2-3 with a 4.66 ERA and has made 89 of his 90 profession MLB appearances with the Seattle Mariners.