2020 will be Chris Sale's fourth season with the Red Sox and the first season of the five-year/$145 million contract extension he signed last March.
Sale had the worst season of his career in 2019, as his ERA more than doubled from the previous year (from 2.11 to 4.40). It was also the first season since Sale became a starter in 2012 that he received no votes for the Cy Young Award votes and the first time in five years he did not receive any MVP votes.