Josh Sborz
2019–2024 · P

Josh Sborz

6' 3", 215 lbs·Lived to 33·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2019–2024 · 2,854 pitches · 96.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.97
Best ERA · 2021
6
Most W · 2023
69
Most K · 2021
1.146
Best WHIP · 2023
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2019LAD79.0018.005671.556
2020LAD44.3002.0821320.692
2021TEX6359.0433.97107691.424
2022TEX1922.3106.4561321.612
2023TEX4452.3675.5079661.146
2024TEX1716.3223.86106171.224
Career154163.21313193
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 2,845 pitches · 2019–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLCU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball48.4% · 96.5 mph
SL · Slider31.4% · 88.0 mph
CU · Curveball19.9% · 84.3 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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