For now, the worst-case scenario with Chris Sale has been avoided — though the Red Sox ace isn’t necessarily out of the woods yet.
A reading of an MRI by Dr. James Andrews, Dr. Neal ElAttrache and Red Sox team doctors revealed that Sale, who experienced soreness on Monday following his live batting practice session on Sunday (his first time throwing to hitters in 200 days), has a flexor tendon strain in his left forearm. Based on the readings from the MRI, his ulnar collateral ligament has not suffered any further damage since last August, when he was shut down for the season with elbow inflammation and received a PRP injection from Andrews.