CHRIS SALE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Chris Sale’s Dominant Memorial Day

Three weeks ago, it looked like Chris Sale would no longer be starting games for the Chicago White Sox. Yesterday, he struck out over half the batters he faced in 7.1 innings. It’s been an interesting year already for the sinewy blue chip. Sale, 23, had immediate success in moving to the starting rotation after spending the entirety of his two major league seasons overwhelming...
Via Fangraphs  |  2 days ago

Chris Sale Is Proving Why He Is an Elite Starting Pitcher

It’s been an interesting couple months for Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale. The former reliever/closer looked fantastic in the month of April as a starting pitcher – but then out of nowhere – the Chicago White Sox decided to put Chris Sale back in the bullpen after he said his elbow was tender. Every White Sox fan understandably panicked about this horrendous...
Via Rant Sports  |  2 days ago

Chris Sale, Matt Moore Match-up for Strikeout Showdown on Memorial Day

Around the time you were throwing your burgers and beer soaked brats on the grill to officially kick-off the summer, Chris Sale started summer for all of us by striking out 15 Tampa Bay Rays. Matt Moore countered with 10 of his own. The reason this was special was it figures to be the first of several match-ups between two American League power pitchers that goes into the next decade...
Via Diamond Hoggers  |  2 days ago

Memorial Day Sale At The Big K

With games like this, who needs healthy elbows?  Certainly not Chris Sale.   Four score and two dozen ‘and that’s me quoting me’s ago, I posted our AL-Only team.  I went on about what a shambles the pitching staff was and how our only bat was Evan Longoria.  Sure, we had high hopes for Brad Peacock, but our starters were cheap tequila bad.  The more you looked...
Via Razzball  |  2 days ago

Chris Sale stymies Rays for win

Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Sale (6-2) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in 7 1/3 innings while finishing one strikeout shy of the team record. Jack Harshman struck out 16 against Boston on July 25, 1954. Sale...
Via AP on Fox  |  3 days ago

Rays fall victim to Sale, White Sox in loss

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Sale (6-2) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in 7 13 innings while finishing one strikeout shy of the team record. Jack Harshman struck out 16 against...
Via Fox Sports Florida  |  3 days ago

White Sox 2, Rays 1

Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Sale (6-2) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in 7 1/3 innings while finishing one strikeout shy of the team record. Jack Harshman struck out 16 against Boston on July 25, 1954. Sale...
Via AP on Fox  |  3 days ago

Moore opens home series vs. hot White Sox

An offensive surge has propelled the Chicago White Sox to their longest winning streak of the season. A solid start from Chris Sale helped the club begin its run. Looking for a sixth consecutive victory, Sale and the White Sox face a stiff challenge Monday in the opener of a three-game road set against the Tampa Bay Rays. Chicago (26-12) has totaled 52 runs and 64 hits during...
Via Fox Sports Florida  |  3 days ago

Sale talks his way back into starting rotation

Another day, another change in the plan for Chris Sale. After Sale's Thursday MRI came back clean, the Sox announced that Sale would indeed be returned back to the starting rotation. It was a week earlier on May 4 that the Sox first announced that soreness in the elbow after several starts gave the team no choice but to move Sale from the rotation to the bullpen. However...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  19 days ago

White Sox closer Sale to have MRI on elbow

New White Sox closer Chris Sale will undergo an MRI on his sore left elbow. Chicago pitching coach Don Cooper said Sale will have the test Thursday. Manager Robin Ventura recently named Sale his closer after the left-hander made five starts but had tenderness in his elbow. He went 3-1 with a 2.81 ERA. Sale made his debut as a closer Wednesday, entering in the eighth inning with...
Via Fox Sports  |  22 days ago
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