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Red Sox Place Chris Sale On 60-Day Injured List

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2020 at 8:08pm CDT

The Red Sox placed left-hander Chris Sale on the 60-day injured list, as per a team press release.  Sale underwent Tommy John surgery in March and will miss the entire 2020 season.

Sale’s IL placement was inevitable given the nature of his injury, though as Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe puts it, the “odd timing suggests [the Sox] may have a need for the 40-man spot” that now becomes available with Sale on the injured list.  Boston’s 40-man was full prior to the Sale transaction, so the club now has some flexibility with an open spot.

Jonathan Lucroy could be a possibility for that spot, as MLB.com’s Ian Browne reported earlier today that the Red Sox were working on a restructured version of the veteran catcher’s minor league deal, which is why Lucroy wasn’t on Boston’s initial 60-man player pool for training camp.  With teams expected to carry three catchers on their expanded MLB rosters, the Sox could choose to keep Lucroy and Kevin Plawecki as Christian Vazquez’s backups, which would require a purchase of Lucroy’s minors deal.

Marco Hernandez, Yairo Munoz, and Brian Johnson are some of the other notable non-roster players in the player pool, so Boston could be considering selecting one of their contracts as well.  Or, the Red Sox could be keeping a 40-man spot available should another player come available over the next few weeks.

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  1. erauber

    10 months ago

    45?

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    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      10 months ago

      I could be wrong, but I don’t think the 45 day IL kicks in until the 2020 season starts. So the 60 day IL is still in effect right now.

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      • Marc_from_Brooklyn

        10 months ago

        That makes sense. Or, the transaction could have been submitted but not completed when the transaction freeze went into effect. It was reported that the Yankees placed Luis Severino on the 60-day IL, while the Mets placed Noah Syndergaard on the 45-day IL..

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      • DarkSide830

        10 months ago

        Walker was placed on the 45. its likely that the 60 is still there for teams who will see their players clearly be out all year. TJS recoveries arent prorated

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        • Warisalie

          10 months ago

          He’s made enough that he should be fine dude.

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  2. jim stem

    10 months ago

    So basically out for the season?

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    • wordonthestreet

      10 months ago

      He had TJ surgery in March so yes

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    • Warisalie

      10 months ago

      Lol….. I feel bad for the guy. He needs to have cutting edge and greatest of all time surgery already and become……. darth sale…… just get a new complete robotic arm and get back to slinging …..Ya know?

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  3. Ducky Buckin Fent

    10 months ago

    Bummer.
    I’d completely forgotten he’d undergone TJS this spring.

    Hate seeing this stuff, man. Could be back mid summer of ’21. Hope he makes a complete recovery.

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    • Intothemystic90

      10 months ago

      Honestly, Chris Sale has very little chance of a full recovery here. I think he’s thrown his last pitch in the big leagues.

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  4. Ducky Buckin Fent

    10 months ago

    I get it.

    Hey, people have been talking about his delivery since… well, the whole time.
    To make my bias clear: I’m a Yankee fan.

    But.

    I also “pitched”.
    Sale can sling it, serious.
    Hated when the red sox traded for him. That being said, MLB is a little less cool without him.
    Well…I think it would be anyway.

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