And he was already clearly dealing with an injury when they signed him to the extension. What a disaster.
Greinke could probably give you the ~80 innings you'd need to get Sale back in the rotation. Might even be slightly above replacement value.
Glass half empty take: Sale hasn't been "great" since well before he signed that contract extension. I have my doubts he will be great once he comes back from this.
Should check in and see if Philly wants him. Maybe we can get Alex Bohm.
Sale had an ERA+ of 150 last year with a K/BB of 4.3. I hated the deal too, but what's done is done. LeBron-esque load management might be the best way to maximize the next three years.
I had not thought of this at all but you are right. With the moves our competitors have made and the lack of big signings on our end, maybe the FO sees this as yet another bridge year before we reset our window. We really need young good pitching for future seasons.
I'm with you at the moment. Thanks for striking out Machado (and lots of other guys) but I don't have any patience for this kind of selfishness.
Well I guess we needed someone else for April 25-28 anyway.
Zach Davies or Julio Teheran could be a good bounce back candidates. Julio would be pretty limited I imagine
What can you do? For one thing, while you're laid up waiting for your ribs to heal, get a couple shots. It's easy. Actual babies do it all the time.
Yeah, but babies can't "do their own research." Sale is dead set on not getting the vaccine, as he has "explained." He believes that his vitamin regimen will save him.
He had nine starts, two against a good team, the Rays. Three were against the godawful Orioles, one each against the Twins and Rangers, both of whom finished in last place, and one against the Mets, who basically quit the last three weeks of the season.
Sign Freddy Freeman, and maybe Casas is moveable. A reach, I know, but like you, I would be open to a lot things to get Sale out of here, and to shed even some small % of his contract. A disastrous signing for a fragile, unreliable, self-absorded dip-shit.
If you want to do the math and adjust the numbers for opponent, go ahead. You're still going to end up with 42 very good innings. He was also above average for 147 IP in 2019 (ERA+ of 110). I wish he wasn't signed for three more years, but he is. It's a sunk cost. Let's hope the Sox figure out how to squeeze however many quality innings he has left in his arm.
