With Chris Sale making his much-anticipated first start for the Red Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park, we decided to do something different and dedicate an entire Inbox to one player. Here is a Sale-centric Inbox.
Is Sale susceptible to the first-year pitfalls that free-agent additions (especially pitchers) seem to encounter in Boston?
-- @ReverendMitton
It's a fair question. However, I feel that Sale is better equipped to handle the challenge of pitching in Boston than any prized new pitching acquisition the team has had since Curt Schilling. Sale has the same intensity and competitive fire that Schilling had.