Ryan Joseph Borucki (born March 31, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
[1] In his junior year, Borucki had a 7-1 record with a 1.20 ERA and 57 strikeouts, leading to all-conference, all-Lake County, and all-academic honors.
[3] Borucki was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and was signed away from his commitment with the University of Iowa with a bonus of $426,000.
[3] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, where he pitched six innings and posted a 1–0 record and a 3.00 ERA before undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair his UCL, which caused him to miss the entire 2013 season.
[10] He made his Major League debut that night at Minute Maid Park against the Astros, taking a loss after allowing two runs on six hits over six innings with three strikeouts.
[11] Borucki became the twelfth pitcher in franchise history to throw at least six innings and allow two or fewer runs in his debut, and the first to do so since Zach Stewart in 2011.
[15] On August 3, Borucki earned his first major league win when he threw eight innings and allowed one unearned run in Toronto's 7–2 victory against the Seattle Mariners.
[17] On December 5, the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted Borucki the Blue Jays' Rookie of the Year for 2018.
[20] As the COVID-19-shortened 2020 Major League season began in late July, Borucki failed to make the Blue Jays' 30-man Opening Day roster.
[22] With the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays, Borucki appeared in 21 games, compiling a 1–1 record with 2.70 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 16.2 innings pitched.
[29] He made 21 appearances for Seattle, posting a 2-0 record and 4.26 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 19.0 innings pitched before he was placed on the injured list with a left forearm strain on August 8.
He would spend the remainder of the year on the injured list, and was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers following the season on November 9.
He was assigned to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs to begin the year, where he made 8 appearances and struggled to a 12.00 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 9.0 innings pitched.
[42] Borucki's father, Raymond, was an infielder who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an undrafted free agent in 1979 but never advanced beyond Triple-A ball.