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Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale is not expected to undergo Tommy John surgery as he has been bothered by an elbow injury early on in spring training, accord to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
Sale is not expected to be unavailable for the start of the regular season after being diagnosed with the flu and pneumonia right before the start of spring training.
That turned out to be the start of problems for Sale, who had an MRI taken on his elbow on Monday when he complained of elbow soreness after throwing a bullpen session the previous day.