Christopher Allen Sale is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Let’s have a look.
Chris Sale : Injury | Trade | Contract | Net worth
As a power pitcher, Sale excels at achieving high numbers of strikeouts, and has set a number of strikeout-related records.
He bats and throws left-handed, stands 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m), and weighs 180 pounds (82 kg).
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| Born: March 30, 1989 Lakeland, Florida |
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Bats: Left
Throws: Left
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| MLB debut | |
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| August 6, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox |
A seven-time MLB All-Star from 2012 to 2018, Sale is a two-time American League (AL) leader in strikeouts, including in 2015 and 2017. As of 2017, he is MLB’s career leader in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.33), and reached 1,500 strikeouts in the second fewest innings pitched (1,290).
After reaching 300 strikeouts in a single season for the first time in 2017, he was selected as the AL Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year.
Although he has yet to win a Cy Young Award, in each of his All-Star seasons, he has placed in the top six.
Injury
Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale will miss the remainder of the 2022 season after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right wrist that resulted from a bicycle accident.
On Monday, August 8, Boston Red Sox left-handed pitcher Chris Sale underwent an open reduction and internal fixation of a right distal radius (wrist) fracture.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at the Newton-Wellesley Outpatient Surgery Center in Wellesley, MA.
Sale suffered his injury during a bicycle accident on Saturday, August 6.
He will miss the remainder of the 2022 season but is expected to be ready for the start of Spring Training in 2023.
Sale, 33, had already been on the injured list with a fractured finger that he suffered in July during just his second start of the season.
Prior to that, Sale had been sidelined with a right rib stress fracture that kept him on the shelf for the first three-plus months of this season.
Chris sale trade
Sale is working on a 2.87 ERA, striking out over 12 batters and walking under two batters per nine innings in 2015.
He also owns a 2.80 ERA dating back to 2012, a span in which only Clayton Kershaw has him beat in the WAR department for left-handed starters.
Then there’s the fact that Sale is only 26 and locked up for four more seasons after 2015 for just $47.15 million.
It’s because of stuff like this that Dave Cameron of FanGraphs called Sale “the most valuable pitcher in baseball” last July.
That was true then. It’s still true now.
What it comes down to is this: In the coming years, chances are Sale’s performance is going to be worth a lot more than his contract will be paying him. He’s going to offer a ton of surplus value.
To give you an idea, FanGraphs’ value system says that Sale was worth around $40 million last year alone, and he’s well on his way to being worth even more this season.
If we project forward, we can guess that Sale is going to provide at least $100 million in surplus value on top of his contract.
Chris Sale contract
Chris Sale signed a 5 year / $145,000,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox, including $145,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $29,000,000.
| Contract: | 5 yr(s) / $145,000,000 |
| Signing Bonus | – |
| Average Salary | $29,000,000 |
| Free Agent: | 2025 / UFA |
In 2022, Sale will earn a base salary of $30,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $30,000,000. Sale’s adjusted salary with the Boston Red Sox is $20,000,000.
Chris Sale agreed to a five-year, $145 million contract extension with the Red Sox in March 2019, he had just come off recording the final out in the 2018 World Series and posting his second consecutive season with a sub-3.00 ERA in Boston.
Net Worth
Chris Sale is an American professional baseball player who has a net worth of $24 million.
| Net Worth: | $24 Million |
| Date of Birth: | 1989-03-30 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.98 m) |
| Profession: | Baseball player |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
He has been a three time All-Star from 2012 to 2014 and was named American League Pitcher of the Month in May 2012. In 2013 he signed a five year deal worth $32 million with the White Sox.
He pitched for the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in 2009 and was named MVP of the all-star game. He was drafted again at the 2010 MLB Draft #13 by the Chicago White Sox and made his professional debut the same year.