The Atlanta Braves pitcher is the epitome of perseverance at this point in his career.
Congratulations are in order for Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale, who captured an historic National League Cy Young Award victory on Wednesday night.finish top-5 in Cy Young voting in 5+ straight yearsNovember 20, 2024
Sale beat out Zack Wheeler and Paul Skenes for the Cy Young. Tarik Skubal won the American League version of the award.in the 2010 season, staying there until 2016. He was traded to the Red Sox in 2017, helping them win the World Series in 2018 and get to the ALCS in 2021, though he only made nine starts that year.
Sale has dealt with frequent injury since 2019 and was traded to the Braves last offseason. All he did was put together the most dominant season in the National League, going 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA. He also struck out a National League-best 225 batters and made the All-Star team.Despite injuries to Strider, Ronald Acuna Jr., Austin Riley and Ozzie Albies at various points of the year, the Braves made the playoffs. They earned a wild card berth and were eliminated in the wild card round.
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