Chris Sale Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 6" / 180 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/30/1989 (35)
- Experience
- 13
- College
- Florida Gulf Coast
Chris Sale Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Chris Sale News
Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale will be looking to bounce back from a rough outing when he takes on the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday. The veteran was touched up for five earned runs on six hits, including a homer, while walking three against seven strikeouts across seven innings in a loss to the Marlins his last time out. Despite the tough outing, Sale has been quit good early on in his Braves tenure. While his ERA has risen to 4.58, he also sports a 2.91 xFIP, 3.09 SIERA, and a healthy 21.1% K-BB% through his first three starts with Atlanta. He remains a quality fantasy asset whose injury woes are seemingly behind him.
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale finished out his spring on a high note during Monday's game against the Minnesota Twins. The left-hander struggled during his last two outings but bounced back nicely here. Sale struck out six batters over three innings of work during the shutout victory. He'll end the spring with a 3.07 ERA and a 23/5 K/BB in 14 2/3 innings. Sale is set to make his Braves debut against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. That isn't an ideal opponent for Sale but he has done enough for fantasy managers to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale threw on a back field on Wednesday instead of the Grapefruit League game versus the Toronto Blue Jays. It serves as a likely indication that Sale is lined up to start Atlanta's third outing of the regular season on March 31 on the road against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies, with aces Spencer Strider and Max Fried setting up to take the ball in the first and second contests of the year respectively. The Braves acquired the 34-year-old Sale, MLB's all-time leader with 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings, from the Boston Red Sox back on Dec. 30 in exchange for former top infielder prospect Vaughn Grissom to bolster their starting rotation. The veteran southpaw posted a 3.86 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, and 17:4 K:BB over 11 2/3 frames this spring and could be a value at his 129 NFBC ADP with a better defense behind him plus a more favorable home ballpark factor in 2024.
Batting Order
1 | Ronald Acuña Jr. |
2 | Michael Harris II |
3 | Austin Riley |
4 | Matt Olson |
5 | Marcell Ozuna |
6 | Orlando Arcia |
7 | Jarred Kelenic |
8 | Chadwick Tromp |
9 | Luis Guillorme |
Chris Sale Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Ronald Acuña Jr. |
2 | Michael Harris II |
3 | Austin Riley |
4 | Matt Olson |
5 | Marcell Ozuna |
6 | Orlando Arcia |
7 | Jarred Kelenic |
8 | Chadwick Tromp |
9 | Luis Guillorme |
As with the last several seasons for Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale, 2023 was marred by injury. The lanky lefty missed more than two months with a shoulder issue, however, when he did pitch he showed he could still be very effective. His final line was 6-5 with a 4.30 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 22.6% K-BB%, and 125 K in 102 2/3 IP. The 7x All-Star still had an elite-level K% at 29.4% and the FIP of 3.80 (3.72 xFIP) suggested he pitched better than the 4.30 ERA implied. The former first-round pick also had a good SwStr% of 13.2% and 36.6% O-Swing%. For managers interested in Sale, the good news is that he went into the offseason healthy. He'll be pitching for a team that led the entire league last season in runs scored per game and will be expected to be near the top again in 2024. It seems projections are forecasting him to miss some time at some point, with ATC projecting 23 starts and 122 IP, going 8-6 with a 3.84 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 21.6% K-BB%, and 143 K. With those numbers, RotoBaller ranks the southpaw at 185, which means he's not expected to return value on his NFBC ADP of 172.