Hey, I asked, so thank you. Nice to see one teammate speaking up for him.Here’s a Kiké quote on Sale from earlier this season:
“He’s got everything going for him,” Hernández told reporters. “I’ve been on this team for three years and I haven’t played that much behind him. So to see him be the Chris Sale that I saw from afar, that I faced in the World Series in ’18 and all those years in the past, it’s just a lot of fun and I’m really proud of him because he’s had to work his (expletive) off to get to where he’s at right now.”
Yeah, definitely sounds like a guy he doesn’t give a shit about.
Since the start of 2019? I beg to differ.He hasn’t been terrible ‘most of the time’ when he’s actually been healthy. You and I both know that’s a lie.
2019: 25 GP, 6-11, 4.40 ERA, 147.1 IP, 1.086 WHIP
2020: DNP
2021: 9 GP, 5-1, 3.16 ERA, 42.2 IP, 1.336 WHIP
2022: 2 GP, 0-1, 3.18 ERA, 5.2 IP, 1.059 WHIP
2023: 11 GP, 5-2, 4.58 ERA, 59 IPA, 1.186 WHIP
His K rate had also gone down every year until his brief resurgence this season before the injury. He's averaging less than 6 innings pitched every year. He has had flashes, to be sure, but since signing that extension, he's been as close to the exact opposite of what he was before as it probably gets in that vocation. He's toast and his arm might just fall right off if he goes back out and tries to throw gas.