Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is set to stay in Boston for another two seasons, according to chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom.
“He has told us that he is going to opt in,” Bloom told Boston Globe Red Sox reporter Alex Speier.
Sale could theoretically opt out of the final two years and $55 million left on his five-year contract with the Red Sox following the conclusion of the World Series.
Yet given that he’s made just 11 starts over the last two seasons combined due to injuries, Sale’s decision to stay on his current deal in Boston makes sense.