Chris Sale Returns to the Braves’ Rotation
The Atlanta Braves have activated left-handed pitcher Chris Sale from the 60-day injured list, the team announced this Saturday.
Sale is scheduled to be the opener for Saturday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The National League Cy Young Award winner had been out of action since June, due to a fracture in his left rib cage suffered while diving to field a ground ball. In his most recent rehab outing in Triple-A last week, he pitched 4¾ innings.
Sale’s return ends a period since the end of July in which all of the Braves’ Opening Day starters were on the injured list. Atlanta has had a 61-74 record and is on track to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
Sale, 36 years old, has a 5-4 record and a 2.52 ERA in 15 starts this season.
