Red Sox trade includes veteran Sale for the Braves.
ATLANTA — Chris Sale isn’t the perennial Cy Young Award candidate he was throughout most of the last decade. But the Braves believe he is now healthy enough to be a valuable piece within their starting rotation.
The Braves didn’t take much of a financial risk as they acquired Sale and $17 million from the Red Sox in exchange for Vaughn Grissom on Saturday. This low-risk, potentially high-reward move could fill Atlanta’s need for a starting pitcher.
“There’s health history, and I understand that’s going to be a topic,” Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said. “But we think he’s a playoff-caliber starter and that’s what we were in the market for this offseason. We’ll make sure to do what we can to keep him on the mound.”
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