Chris Sale threw live batting practice on Sunday. He arrived at the park on Monday with a sore left elbow and was sent for an MRI. After the Red Sox medical staff reviewed the MRI, it was sent to Dr. James Andrews for further evaluation.
Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom:
Obviously there's some concern. ... But until we have all the information, we don't want to start speculating unnecessarily. ... At a minimum, even if this is fairly benign, we know it's going to set him back to some degree. ... We also know, in the course of this building up [period] .