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Sabrowski

Sabrowski comes off the 60-day IL after missing over three months with his elbow injury. He’ll be a middle-inning option for the Cleveland bullpen now that he’s healthy enough to compete in such a role.

It’s merely a procedural move to free up a spot on Cleveland’s 40-man roster. The 27-year-old lefty remains out indefinitely with left elbow inflammation.

Sabrowski has already gotten an anti-inflammatory injection to deal with his elbow pain, but there is no timeline yet for his return.

The left-hander will be out of action with no estimate on when he’ll be able to return. When healthy, Sabrowski is expected to be a middle-inning relief option.

The 26-year-old Sabrowski was making his sixth big-league appearance. He’s up to 10 scoreless innings with a 13/3 K/BB after this one. Emmanuel Clase had pitched the last two days, so the Guardians might have turned to Cade Smith had there been a save situation after eight innings tonight. However, since it was a four-run game, Sabrowski got to finish.

Sabrowski was called up prior to Wednesday’s game against the Royals. The 26-year-old lefty posted a respectable 3.51 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and 79/32 K/BB ratio across 48 2/3 innings (36 appearances) this season between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus.