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 a season. A devastating series of injuries to starting pitchers has forced first-year manager Walt Weiss and the Braves to remake the rotation behind the left-hander.
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