That ought to do it on the 2022 Red Sox season.
Not that they were expecting a whole lot out of Chris Sale anyways, but he was quite literally their ace-in-the-hole, a guy who has spent most of his season in the dugout and trainer’s room but was on his way back towards being a mid-September contributor.
Manager Alex Cora said he was starting to map out a plan in which Sale would “speed up” his recovery from a broken pinky and return to the Sox as a reliever, giving them a much-needed lefty out of the bullpen that has been using Darwinzon Hernandez as its primary southpaw.
