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On Monday night, the stars aligned and the baseball gods treated fans to a top-quality pitching matchup during the Atlanta Braves’ series-opening clash against the San Francisco Giants. Starting for the Braves was a rejuvenated Chris Sale, who made it to the NL All-Star team in 2024, and for the Giants, it was Blake Snell, […]

The Atlanta Braves were 60-49 heading into Saturday night’s matchup with the Miami Marlins at Truist Park in Georgia’s capital city. Manager Brian Snitker’s team resides in second place in the National League East behind the Philadelphia Phillies. On Saturday, Snitker revealed that starting pitcher Max Fried is ready to return from an arm injury, […]

The Atlanta Braves needed Chris Sale to turn back the clock this season. They invested in him this offseason, trading infielder Vaughn Grissom for Sale and signing him to an extension. Then they lost ace Spencer Strider for the year to Tommy John surgery. Now, young lefty Max Fried has expressed what he’s learned from […]

Chris Sale endured some up-and-down years with the Boston Red Sox but he is back to pitching at an All-Star level in 2024 with the Atlanta Braves. Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees star outfielder who has faced Sale plenty of times over the years, shared his thoughts on the Braves starting pitcher’s bounce-back 2024 […]

The MLB season is getting hotter, and we are looking at the best pitchers in the National League. Follow us as we share our MLB odds series, make a 2024 NL Cy Young Winner prediction, and pick for the rest of the season. We will make a 2024 NL Cy Young Winner pick and have […]

Chris Sale endured his share of ups and downs over the past few years with the Boston Red Sox. However, his first season with the Atlanta Braves has been a success so far. Sale was elected to the MLB All-Star Game as a result of his stellar first-half. The Braves hurler will not pitch in […]

As Atlanta Braves star Chris Sale is enjoying a bounce back season in his career after injury-riddled years with the Boston Red Sox, it could be in part to channeling the greatness of former legendary pitcher Randy Johnson. The reason being is that Sale changed his number to 51 because Johnson donned that number in […]

With their eyes set on another World Series title, the Atlanta Braves swung a trade with the Boston Red Sox to land Chris Sale prior to the season. Before the All-Star break even rolls around, Sale is proving to be one of the best offseason acquisitions in the entire league. On Tuesday, the left-hander earned […]

The Atlanta Braves made a surprise roster move on Tuesday, reinstating starting pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver from the injured list. Smith-Shawver will be part of the Braves’ bullpen, but he might not pitch, per Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Braves need bullpen coverage after Monday’s exciting extra-innings win against the Diamondbacks on Monday […]

Chris Sale is back to being one of the best starting pitchers in the MLB in his first season with the Atlanta Braves. Sale, in fact, made the All-Star Game roster thanks in large part to his 2.71 ERA across 16 starts (99.2 innings pitched). However, the Braves’ decision to scratch Sale from his scheduled […]

Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale is one of the great stories so far in the 2024 MLB season. It just got better for him after getting an MLB All-Star Game nod. Not many people expected him to get such an honor after all the challenges he had to overcome in the past just to continue […]

It was another stellar start from Atlanta Braves star pitcher Chris Sale as he earned his 11th win Wednesday night as the team beat the San Francisco Giants, 3-0. The win for Sale is not only the most in the National League (NL), but also tied for the most in all the majors with Kansas […]

Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale doesn’t want to get too caught up in the team’s success. Sale is trying to stay focused following another solid pitching outing against the New York Yankees Friday. “Just like we weren’t worried when it wasn’t going well, we’re not going to sit here and throw a party when it […]

New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto is being honest about facing the Atlanta Braves’ Chris Sale. Sale and Atlanta held the Bronx Bombers to just one run on Friday, in a 8-1 victory. Soto was 0-for-4 in the game. Juan Soto was asked what made facing Chris Sale so tough tonight: "Did you ever watch […]

The slumping Atlanta Braves offense finally got rolling on Saturday, but the starting pitching let them down in Atlanta’s 11-9 loss to the Oakland Athletics. Braves starter Chris Sale was looking to win his eighth consecutive start, which would have tied the team’s all-time high set by Russ Ortiz in 2003, but he instead was […]

If you’re the Atlanta Braves, you just want the month of May to be over with already. On Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park to finish out a three-game series, the Braves walked away with what hasn’t been easy to come by lately — an 8-1 victory. They avoided the sweep but lost […]

It was an exciting Wednesday night for Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale as besides facing his former team in the Boston Red Sox, he was marvelous in the outing leading to a 5-0 shutout victory for the home team in Truist Park. Sale spoke after the game about the performance and what it was […]

Chris Sale is set to face his former team on Wednesday when the Atlanta Braves host the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, and given that he won a World Series with Boston in 2018, it is understandably an emotional moment for the veteran starting pitcher. “It’s not just baseball players playing baseball together,” Chris Sale […]

If there is one game in the immediate future that Boston Red Sox fans are waiting for, it’s next Wednesday when the Atlanta Braves come into town for the second game. Besides the fact Atlanta being one of the best teams in baseball, Chris Sale is the expected starter that day as he will make […]

With a month of the 2024 MLB season almost behind us, to the surprise of no one, the Atlanta Braves hold the best record in baseball at 17-6 (.739). It appears that the preseason World Series favorite is off to a red-hot start once again. But can they keep it up? The Braves, tracing their […]

The Atlanta Braves’ Spencer Strider will miss the rest of MLB’s regular season after suffering a season-ending UCL elbow injury. Strider’s injury has the Braves looking for contingency plans, in hopes of filling the gap left by his departure. Now, Strider is speaking out on his feelings after the unfortunate news revelations, in hopes of […]

Chris Sale has experienced plenty of physical and mental agony in the second half of his MLB career, as injury troubles have limited him to only 31 starts in the previous four seasons. All of that adversity has helped him truly appreciate the good days he is currently enjoying with the Atlanta Braves (6-2). The […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves took their first loss of the 2024 MLB season with a 5-4 road defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies in what was the first start for newly-acquired pitcher Chris Sale for the ballclub. Sale was brought into Atlanta from the Boston Red Sox this past offseason, hoping […]

The Atlanta Braves acquired seven-time All-Star Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox in a trade this past offseason. It was a notable deal that came with risk given Sale’s injury history. When healthy, though, Sale is among the best pitchers in the sport. And Sale is set to open the 2024 season healthy. The […]

General manager  Alex Anthopoulos and the Atlanta Braves are currently gearing up for what figures to be a highly important 2024 MLB season, in which anything short of a World Series championship will feel like a relative disappointment. Anthopoulos raised eyebrows across the sport this offseason when he traded for veteran pitcher Chris Sale of […]

After making a total of 31 starts over the last three seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale looked healthy and dominant in his Atlanta spring training debut on Tuesday. Sale pitched two innings in the Braves’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and looked like the vintage Sale of old, according […]

As the Atlanta Braves chase another World Series title, the team swung a trade with the Boston Red Sox for starting pitcher Chris Sale. Taking part in his first spring training with the Braves, Sale’s opening comments are sure to rile fans up. After making 11 starts total between 2021-22, Sale took the mound 20 […]

Chris Sale is in his first spring training with the Atlanta Braves, and the early impression has been good with his teammates, including his battery mate Travis d’Arnaud. “He’s been great,” Travis d’Arnaud said, via David O’Brien of The Athletic. “He’s been a goofball. He likes to have fun. I heard on his start days […]

The Atlanta Braves, like other teams throughout MLB, have started spring training. As of Tuesday, they will have their first full squad workout to begin preparations for the 2024 season. The Braves are hoping these preparations in February will help them when it comes to October, which hasn’t exactly gone as planned in the last […]

The Atlanta Braves are heading into the 2024 season with a lot of optimism, and a big reason why is because of the addition of Chris Sale. While the Braves have a ton of talent in their starting rotation, their depth was lacking last season, and the hope is that Sale can help shore up […]

After being traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves at the end of December, southpaw Chris Sale will spend longer in Georgia than he probably anticipated after signing a two-year, $38 million contract with the franchise earlier this month. In 2024, Sale will join a Braves rotation that also features Max Fried, […]

What started out as a successful tenure with the Boston Red Sox ended with injury frustrations and a trade to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Sale. Sale, who began his MLB career in Chicago with the White Sox, ended up in Boston for the 2017 season. He later played an important role in helping the […]

The Atlanta Braves announced on Thursday that they have signed Chris Sale to a two-year, $38 million contract extension with an $18 million club option for 2026. The Braves acquired Chris Sale in a trade with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, giving up infielder Vaughn Grissom in the trade. The new contract for Sale […]

The Atlanta Braves on Saturday acquired left-hander Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox in a blockbuster trade for young infielder Vaughn Grissom. Sale waived his no-trade clause to make this deal happen, but why did the Braves make the move for a pitcher who has dealt with so many injuries in the last several years? […]

The Boston Red Sox have begun to wake up after a slow start to the offseason, making some big moves right before the end of 2023 to give their starting rotation a very new look. After signing Lucas Giolito to a two-year, $38.5 million deal in free agency, the Sox followed that up by trading […]

Before the clock struck midnight on 2023, the Braves swung a trade with the Boston Red Sox for Chris Sale. As the Braves make a push for the World Series, Alex Anthopolous revealed exactly why he pursued Sale. Atlanta traded heralded prospect Vaughn Grissom to the Red Sox for Sale. With the left-hander now with […]

The Atlanta Braves made a significant move, acquiring veteran left-handed starting pitcher Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Vaughn Grisson. The Braves had been in talks with teams starting pitchers this offseason, and now it appears that Chris Sale is the one that they felt comfortable enough pulling the trigger on […]

The MLB hot stove has been quiet, but it heated up on Saturday. The Atlanta Braves are acquiring left-hander Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox in a blockbuster trade. Sale is waiving his no-trade clause to make this deal happen. Vaughn Grissom is heading to Beantown in return. Via Jeff Passan: “BREAKING: The Atlanta […]

The Boston Red Sox have just four games remaining in a season that fans will want to quickly forget. Boston is currently 76-82 and they are going to finish in last place in the AL East. It is important to note that their division is the best division in baseball, and if the Red Sox […]