Erik Sabrowski #62

Erik Wayne Thomas Sabrowski...Wife, Renee....Prepped at Prospects Baseball Academy in Alberta before attending Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kan....Set a program record with 117 strikeouts and was named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division Pitcher of the Year in 2018...The conference boasts many Canucks due to Canadian connections with several coaches throughout the league...Became the second player selected from Cloud County CC to appear in MLB, joining southpaw reliever Jake Diekman (30th round, 2007 MLB Draft by PHI).

2024

Ascended from AA Akron to Cleveland in his third full professional season, making his MLB debut on 9/4 at KC and serving a pivotal role for the Guardians bullpen in September and during the 2024 Postseason...Began the season with AAA Columbus, pitching in three games for the Clippers in early April (6.00 ERA)...Was reassigned to AA Akron on 4/16, yielding just one earned run (0.77 ERA) in nine relief appearances...Earned a promotion back to Columbus on 5/24, where he worked as a multi-inning reliever for the Clippers...Went 8-2 with a 4.24 ERA (16ER/34.0IP) and 49 strikeouts (12.97 SO/9.0IP) across 24 games in his second stint with Columbus, firing 1.1+ IP in 14 of 24 outings...Led the Clippers in wins during that stretch...Had his contract selected by Cleveland on 8/28...Did not make his MLB debut until 9/4 at KC, hurling 1.1 scoreless innings and stranding one inherited runner...Tossed 12.2 scoreless IP with 19 SO in eight regular season games for Cleveland, joining Mike Garcia (14.2 IP, 1948-49) as the only pitchers in club history with 12.0+ shutout IP in their first eight career games...Earned his first career save on 9/20 at STL (2.1IP, 0R), becoming first CLE pitcher with 2.1+IP SV within their first six career outings since Steve Olin in 1989...Joined fellow Canadians Bo Naylor, Josh Naylor and Cade Smith on Cleveland's ALDS and ALCS rosters...Marked the first time four Canucks were on the same Postseason roster, per Canadian Baseball Network...Recorded a 1.69 ERA (1ER/5.1IP) in five Postseason games, striking out eight while allowing just four hits.