Jay Sborz #56

Resides in Sun City Center, FL...Pitched for Team USA Youth at the World Youth Championship in Mexico in 2001, earned one win in two appearances and won a gold medal...Finished 7-2 with a 0.64 ERA and 133 strikeouts in 66 innings as a senior at Langley High School in Virginia in 2003...Shared Most Valuable Player honors with Eric Duncan of Seton Hall Prep in the inaugural All-American Baseball Game on June 9, 2003, tossing two scoreless innings and fanning five batters to help the East to an 8-4 win over the West...Signed by Bill Buck (Tigers)...Last name is pronounced Sborz, similar to spores.

2010

Earned International League mid-season all-star honors as he led Toledo's staff with 19 saves...Did not allow a run in his first 10 outings of the season (4/9-5/4), fanning 11 in 10.0 scoreless innings...Tied for the International League lead with seven saves during April...Recalled from Toledo by the Tigers on 6/22 and made his major league debut in relief that night at NYM...Optioned back to Toledo by the Tigers for the remainder of the season on 6/24...Posted a 2.08 ERA (8.2IP/2ER) in eight outings during June for the Mud Hens...Held Triple-A right-handers to a .185 batting average, Triple-A left-handers hit .277...Sidelined for the remainder of the season on 8/22 with right shoulder bursitis.

2009

Compiled a 2-2 record, 2.27 ERA (31.2IP/8ER) and 35 strikeouts in 17 outings during the 2009 season with Single A Lakeland, Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo...Appeared in five games with Erie before he was transferred to Lakeland on May 12 -- saw action in one game with Lakeland before he was transferred back to Erie on May 27...Did not allow a run in six straight outings June 9-26, fanning 14 batters in eight scoreless innings of work...Transferred from Erie to Toledo on June 29 -- limited to two outings with the Mud Hens due to two separate stints on the disabled list...sidelined July 2-24 and July 26-September 8 with a left oblique muscle strain...Named the 21st-best prospect in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.

2008

Appeared in 40 games with Lakeland after being assigned to the club on April 30, 2008...Compiled a 0.47 ERA (19.0IP/1ER) and 14 strikeouts over a 12-outing stretch June 5-July 9...Posted a 0.93 ERA (9.2IP/1ER) over his final eight appearances of the season August 8-29...Limited lefthanded batters to a .200 batting average (14x70)...righties batted .236 (30x127) with Sborz on the mound.

2007

Missed the first three months of the 2007 season with a tendon injury...Assigned to the Gulf Coast League Tigers as part of an injury rehabilitation assignment June 25-July 23 -- saw action in five games before he was assigned to Single A Oneonta for the remainder of the season after being reinstated from the disabled list on July 23.

2006

Limited to three outings with Single A West Michigan before landing on the disabled list on May 16 for the remainder of the 2006 season with right shoulder tendinitis.

2005

Began the 2005 season with West Michigan, seeing action in 21 relief outings before he was transferred to Oneonta on June 20 for the remainder of the season...Sidelined July 21-August 10 with a left hamstring strain.

2004

Tied for second in the Gulf Coast League with 62 strikeouts for the GCL Tigers...Led the GCL with nine home runs allowed and 44 walks allowed, while he finished third with 60.1 innings pitched...Named the 27th-best prospect in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.

2003

Made his professional debut with the GCL Tigers after being selected by Detroit in the second round of the June 2003 draft...Rated as the eighth-best draft-eligible right-handed pitching prospect prior to the draft by Baseball America...Rated as possessing the third-best fastball among draft-eligible high school pitchers by the publication...Named the ninth-best prospect in the Tigers organization and 16th-best prospect in the Gulf Coast League following the season by Baseball America.