BOSTON -- Chris Sale insists he feels good and expects to win regardless of questions over his velocity after shoulder issues, as the Red Sox ace gets the ball for Game 1 of Friday's American League Division Series against the Yankees.
Sale has thrown just 301 pitches since the end of July, with two DL stints because of shoulder inflammation. In his final start of the regular season against the Orioles, he scuffled through 92 pitches in 4.2 innings, giving up three runs and hitting two batters while averaging a season-low 90.2 mph on his fastball.