As the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season enters its last month, few teams have failed to meet expectations like the Atlanta Braves. Three seasons after their championship run, Atlanta fans have been eager to make a playoff push beyond the second round. This season proves to be the most difficult path to glory the Braves have faced in recent memory, but the clubhouse may have an ace up their sleeve courtesy of a left-handed pitcher that has often been overlooked.
With the 13th pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected a left-handed pitcher out of Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) — Chris Sale.