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Braves Rely on Sale for Stability
Chris Sale, with a 2.46 ERA in 49 starts, will start Opening Day to lead a rotation weakened by spring injuries and surgeries.
- On Friday, the Atlanta Braves named Chris Sale their opening day starter against Kansas City, an assignment coming three days before his 37th birthday.
- The rotation faces significant challenges after Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep underwent procedures, Joey Wentz tore an ACL, and Spencer Strider strained an oblique.
- Although historically injury-prone, the 36-year-old Sale posted a 2.75 ERA this spring and is 25-8 with a 2.46 ERA in 49 starts with the Braves.
- With primary starters sidelined, the Braves will rely on Reynaldo Lopez, Grant Holmes, and Bryce Elder, while Rookie Didier Fuentes and JR Ritchie serve as additional depth.
- The Braves are hopeful Strider may return in April, while Schwellenbach and Waldrep could return around the middle of the season.
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Braves are relying on veteran Chris Sale to provide stability for a rotation ravaged by injuries
The Atlanta Braves are leaning on Chris Sale to provide much-needed stability for a rotation that has been decimated by injuries this spring.
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Braves relying on veteran Sale to provide stability for rotation ravaged by injuries
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are leaning on Chris Sale to provide much-needed stability for a rotation that has been decimated by injuries this spring. Sale, 36, will start Atlanta’s season-opening game against Kansas City on Friday night. It will be Sale’s second-straight opening day start and seventh of his career. Sale, who won the 2024 NL Cy Young Award in his first season in Atlanta, has never been more important for a team’s hopes entering…
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