Bleacher Report’s Tim Kelly argued that Atlanta Braves starter Chris Sale is one of a few candidates who could win their first career Cy Young award this season in the National League.
may be struggling on offense this season. But there’s not much wrong with the pitching staff, and it could potentially result in some hardware at the end of the year.
“Sale recently had a clunker, surrendering eight runs over four innings against the Oakland Athletics on June 1,”. “Still, he's having his best season in half a decade, as he leads the NL in FIP , BB/9 and strikeout-to-walk ratio .” Sale has been impressive in the new age baseball statistics as well. He leads the National League with a 2.32 FIP. His 8.36 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 1.3 BB/9 is best in the league too.That ERA is good enough to be the best mark on a lot of starting staffs around the league. Incredibly,, which speaks to how much Atlanta’s pitching has carried the team this year.
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