Back in April, the Red Sox ace wasn’t looking like one.
After four starts, Chris Sale owned a 8.50 earned run average and his fastball had noticeably lost some pop. He finished the month with an 0-5 record.
“This is flat-out embarrassing, for my family, for my team, for our fans,” Sale said on April 16.
Still, the Boston lefty was adamant to the media that he was healthy.
Apparently that wasn’t the case. According to Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic, Sale was battling a previously undisclosed toe injury that attributed to his struggles during the first month of the season.