The Atlanta Braves start a three-game series with the New York Mets tonight at Citi Field. The Braves are 5-5 in August, averaging 4.4 runs per game while allowing 3.9 runs per game. It’s been a rough season in Atlanta as they are 16 games under .500 and sit 18 games back in the National League East and 12 games back in the National League Wild Card. It would take a magical two months for the Braves to have a shot at the playoffs.
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Today, they got some positive news as reigning National League Cy Young Winner Chris Sale is being sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Gwinnett. Sale will get the start tonight against the Louisville Bats. Sale has not pitched since suffering a fractured left rib cage against the Mets on June 18th. In 15 starts this season, he is 5-4 with a 2.52 ERA, a 2.68 FIP, a 1.16 WHIP, and 114 strikeouts in 89.1 innings.
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Chris Sale
Sale is in his 15th season of his career. He’s made 387 appearances with 307 of those coming as starts, going 143-87. He has a 3.02 ERA, a 2.88 FIP, a 1.05 WHIP, a 2.1 BB/9, and an 11.1 K/9. He won his first career Cy Young in his first career season in the National League. Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA in 29 starts. He posted a 2.09 FIP, a 1.01 WHIP, and 225 strikeouts in 177.2 innings. He finished second in 2017 in the American League Cy Young voting. Sale is also a nine-time All-Star and won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2018. Sale also last season won his first career Gold Glove.
