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Chris Sale

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Red Sox expect Chris Sale to be fully healthy, not need surgery

Chris Sale appeared to be less than 100 percent healthy down the stretch and throughout the playoffs, but the Boston Red Sox do not anticipate him having any lingering issues in 2019. Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski told …

Chris Sale

Report: David Price starting Game 5 has nothing to do with Chris Sale’s health

The Boston Red Sox have decided to go with David Price instead of Chris Sale in Game 5 of the World Series, and that has led to speculation that Sale continues to be hampered by shoulder issues he had toward the end of the season. The Red Sox are …

Rick Porcello

Sale, Price, Porcello offered to start Game 4 for Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox certainly have a selfless group of starting pitchers. An 18-inning marathon in Game 3 of the World Series left the team in a bind as to who would start Saturday’s Game 4, as scheduled starter Nate Eovaldi ended up throwing …

Chris Sale

Red Sox players willing to get piercings in honor of Chris Sale if they win World Series

Chris Sale may have been having some fun with the media when he claimed with a straight face that he wound up in the hospital during the ALCS because of issues he was having with his belly button ring, but it sounds like he started what could become …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale jokingly blames belly button ring for ALCS hospitalization

Chris Sale pulled a fast one on the media this weekend. On Saturday, Sale blamed a belly button ring for causing irritation and putting him in the hospital, subsequently keeping him from starting Game 5 of the ALCS. Chris Sale says he’s feeling …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale set to start World Series opener

Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale will be good to go for Game 1 of the World Series, according to manager Alex Cora. Cora said Friday that Sale would start Game 1, with David Price likely on track for Game 2. Alex Cora says on @OMFonWEEI that Chris Sale …

Chris Sale

Rick Porcello has great quote about Chris Sale returning from hospital

Chris Sale was released from the hospital on Monday and will join his Boston Red Sox teammates in Houston on Tuesday, but there are still questions about whether or not he will be healthy enough to make his scheduled start in Game 5 of the ALCS. …

Chris Sale

Was illness to blame for Chris Sale’s rough Game 1 start?

Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale was hospitalized over the weekend with a stomach issue, and manager Alex Cora originally said the illness did not impact Sale’s performance in Game 1 of the ALCS. Given some of the new information we have learned, …

Chris Sale released from hospital, cleared to rejoin Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox received some troubling news on Sunday when starting pitcher Chris Sale was admitted to the hospital with a stomach issue, but it does not sound like the left-hander will be forced to miss his scheduled playoff start because of it. …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale hospitalized with stomach illness

Chris Sale was not at Fenway Park on Sunday night during Game 2 of the ALCS because he was hospitalized after feeling sick. The Boston Red Sox said that their ace was at Massachusetts General Hospital for observation after reporting a stomach …

Chris Sale

Astros’ Reddick: Chris Sale ‘a lot easier’ to hit when throwing slower

The Houston Astros were pleasantly surprised to find Chris Sale’s velocity down a few ticks in Game 1 of the ALCS, and they took advantage of the Boston Red Sox ace’s issues. The Astros got Sale out of the game after just four innings in …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale does not wear sleeves in cold weather for odd reason

You won’t find Chris Sale wearing sleeves while pitching for the Boston Red Sox, regardless of how cold it is. The temperature for Game 1 of the ALCS Saturday between the Red Sox and Houston Astros was expected to be under 50 degrees. Red Sox …

Chris Sale shared the simple lesson he learned from last year’s playoffs

Chris Sale will be the Game 1 starter for the Boston Red Sox when they face the Houston Astros in the ALCS beginning on Saturday. The series will be a rematch of last year’s ALDS, which the eventual World Series winners won in four games. Sale …

Red Sox pitch ace Chris Sale in relief during Game 4 of ALDS

The Boston Red Sox brought out all the stops during Game 4 of the ALDS as they looked to close out the New York Yankees. Red Sox manager Alex Cora decided to pitch Chris Sale in relief with the team ahead 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning. Sale …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale dismisses velocity concerns with first pitch of ALDS

Chris Sale dismissed concerns about his velocity with the first pitch he threw in the ALDS on Friday. Sale’s first pitch of Game 1 of the ALDS against the New York Yankees was clocked at 95.4 mph by MLB.com (many reporters said it was at 96). …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale refuses to talk about success he’s had against Yankees

Chris Sale is scheduled to start in Game 1 of the ALDS on Friday night, and the Boston Red Sox ace will be facing a team he had great success against this season. But if you think he’s going to talk about that, you’re mistaken. During his …

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