Braves' Chris Sale forces his way back to a top spot in latest pitching power rankings
The tall lefty has looked great this season.
Braves' Chris Sale forces his way back to a top spot in latest pitching power rankings originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . After playing college ball for Florida Gulf Coast University, Chris Sale caught the attention of the Chicago White Sox .
They would end up selecting him with the 13th overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft. It didn't take him long to make his MLB debut, doing so just a few weeks after being drafted in August. He would be a key member of that rotation in Chicago until he was traded to the Boston Red Sox before the 2017 season.
However, a few years of unfortunate injuries would derail his time with Boston. They ended up trading him to the Atlanta Braves following the 2023 season. MORE: Atlanta Braves reinstate closer Raisel Iglesias from Injured List Braves' Chris Sale forces his way back to a top spot in latest pitching power rankings Sale would experience some back spasms in the 2024 postseason, and he missed 10 weeks last season with a rib cage fracture.
This season, he has been healthy, knock on wood, with his only time missed being for an illness in April that didn't cost him a start. So far this season, he has compiled a 6-1 record with a 2. 14 ERA and 49 strikeouts over 42 innings.