The Atlanta Braves have placed former Red Sox ace Chris Sale on the 15-day injured list with a fractured left ribcage.
The 36-year-old lefty, who won the 2024 NL Cy Young, has a 2.52 ERA. 1.16 WHIP, .234 batting average against, 114 strikeouts and 26 walks in 15 starts.
Sale suffered the fracture when he dived for a ball hit to the right side of the mound by Mets star Juan Soto on Wednesday. Sale was able to complete the play for the first out of the ninth inning in a 5-0 win.
He ended up recording the next out before being removed. He went 8 ⅔ scoreless innings and allowed five hits and one walk while striking out seven.
This marks Sale’s first IL stint in two seasons with the Braves. Boston traded him to Atlanta on Dec. 30, 2023 for infielder Vaughn Grissom.
Sale spent most of his final four seasons with Boston on the IL because of multiple injuries, including Tommy John surgery in 2020.
The Braves did not give a timetable for his return.
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