Baseball | 8/28/2024 10:19:00 AM

Former Cloud County Community College baseball player Erik Sabrowski has been called up to the Major Leagues and is available to make his MLB debut for the Cleveland Guardians, who face off against the Kansas City Royals at 12:10 pm Wednesday, August 28 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Guardians and Royals both hold identical 75-58 records and are tied atop the American League Central Division with 29 games to play.

The Guardians selected the contract of Sabrowski on Wednesday, according to Minor League Baseball roster transactions.

Sabrowski, a 26-year-old left-handed pitcher originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was first drafted by the San Diego Padres with the 411th overall pick in the 14th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. After undergoing two Tommy John surgeries on his left elbow, Sabrowski was later selected by the Guardians in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft in 2021.

Before he was called up this week, Sabrowski split the 2024 season between the Cleveland Guardians AAA team, the Columbus Clippers, and their AA farm team, the Akron RubberDucks. Across 48.2 innings, Sabrowski holds an 8-3 record with a 3.51 ERA and 79 strikeouts. In his minor league career, Sabrowski has kept a 14-3 record with a 2.81 ERA and 148 strikeouts across 99.1 innings pitched.

In his lone season at Cloud County, Sabrowski set a single-season record among T-Birds with 117 strikeouts on his way to being named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division Pitcher of the Year. Sabrowski appeared in 66 innings in 12 games at Cloud, posting a 7-2 record with a 3.14 ERA, including a 1.56 ERA in conference play. He also hit .355 and led all Cloud County players in home runs (11) and runs batted in (58). His other honors included First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region 6, and KJCCC West honorable mention selection as a designated hitter.