Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale will start the 2020 season on the Injured List, manager Ron Roenicke announced on Wednesday.
Sale will miss the season opener as he recovers from the flu and pneumonia. He is still "two weeks behind," in his recovery, according to Roenicke.
The seven-time All-Star struggled mightily in 2019, his third year with the Red Sox. Sale posted a career-worst 4.40 ERA, going 6–11 in 147 1/3 innings. Sale was shut down for the season in August due to a left elbow injury.
Sale is slated to be in Boston for much of the next decade.