Chris Sale named Braves Opening Day Starter
The headline speaks for itself, Officially a week a way, The Atlanta Braves will be taking on the Kansas City Royals at Truist Park with Chris Sale (2025 ERA: 2. 58) taking the mound. He will be facing Royals’ starter Cole Ragans (2025 ERA: 4.
67 ERA), who will be looking for his first Opening Day victory […]
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 16: Chris Sale #51 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning in game two of a split doubleheader at Nationals Park on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) | Getty Images The headline speaks for itself, Officially a week a way, The Atlanta Braves will be taking on the Kansas City Royals at Truist Park with Chris Sale (2025 ERA: 2. 58) taking the mound.
He will be facing Royals’ starter Cole Ragans (2025 ERA: 4. 67 ERA), who will be looking for his first Opening Day victory out of his past two starts. Making his seventh career Opening Day start (second with the Braves) the 2024 NL Cy Young award winner will look to kick the Braves off on a high note in contrast to last year’s start on the West Coast.
Picking up where he left off, Sale pitched in a total of 21 games after coming off of a back spasm set-back in 2024, that took him out of the remainder of the post-season competition in September. Fast forward to 2025, Sale started a healthy campaign during his return, despite the overall team’s disappointing record. Though being moved to the 60-day IL list due to suffering a fractured rib cage in June, he made a successful comeback in late August to finish up his 21 game and 125.