Chris Sale is expected to be activated from the 60-day injured list this weekend after being sidelined since June with a ribcage fracture. Sale posted a 2.52 ERA, 2.69 FIP and a 30.8% strikeout rate before the injury and had far fewer starts between 2020 and 2022. If Sale makes five starts down the stretch he will reach 20 starts for a third consecutive season. Payton Tolle is expected to debut after a rapid minor-league ascent: 3.04 ERA across 20 appearances and a 2.36 ERA with a 34.2% strikeout rate over 42 Double-A/Triple-A innings. Tolle is slated to face Paul Skenes at Fenway.
The Braves are expected to activate ace lefty Chris Sale from the 60-day IL this weekend. The veteran southpaw has been sidelined since June due to a fracture in his ribcage, but prior to that he had been firmly in the conversation to win a second consecutive NL Cy Young award with a 2.52 ERA, a 2.69 FIP, and a 30.8% strikeout rate.
That's because left-hander Payton Tolle is expected to be called up for his MLB debut today. The club's second-round pick in last year's draft, Tolle has sprinted through the minors, posting a 3.04 ERA in 20 appearances across three levels. He's been even better since graduating from High-A, with a 2.36 ERA and a 34.2% strikeout rate in 42 innings of work at the Double-A and Triple-A levels.
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