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New York Times
15 hours ago
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- New York Times
Braves place Chris Sale on injured list with fractured rib cage
ATLANTA — Chris Sale has a fractured left rib cage is out indefinitely, a serious blow to the recently resurgent Atlanta Braves' chances of reeling in teams ahead of them in the NL East and wild-card standings. Sale, the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner, was injured making a diving defensive play in the ninth inning Wednesday against the New York Mets. He dove for a Juan Soto grounder between the mound and first base and made the stop while landing on the left side of his chest. Advertisement The Braves placed him on the 15-day injured list and recalled left-hander Austin Cox, a journeyman reliever. Sale, 36, is 5-4 with a 2.52 ERA. In his past 10 starts, Sale has been one of the top two or three pitchers in baseball, going 5-2 with a 1.23 ERA while striking out 82 with 19 walks in 66 innings during that torrid stretch. The Braves won't have a timeline for Sale's return, and will wait until symptoms diminish before estimating when he'll be back. It likely will be a significant period, given the nature of the injury, perhaps magnified by his age, his slender physique and the amount of torque that the 6-foot-6 sidearming lefty produces in his delivery. Since losing 14 of 17 games to fall to 15 games out of first place in the NL East, the Braves have won seven of 10 games while posting a 3.13 ERA that's featured starters going deep in games, none more than Sale. With Sale out, the Braves' rotation still features two ace-caliber pitchers in Spencer Schwellenbach and Spencer Strider, who's had back-to-back strong starts as he regains form following a year-long recovery from elbow surgery and a month sidelined by a hamstring strain after his season debut. The rest of the rotation includes Grant Holmes, Bryce Elder and, for now, ascendant prospect Didier Fuentes, who became the youngest player in the majors this season when he made his MLB debut Friday at Miami just three days after turning 20. He gave up six hits, four runs and a walk with three strikeouts in five innings. On the play when Sale got hurt, he dove to make the stop, then got to his knees and threw to first for the first out of the inning. He stayed in and struck out Pete Alonso before giving up a bloop single and coming out of the game just one out shy of a shutout, which would've been his first complete game since 2019. Advertisement Sale threw 116 pitches in that game — one shy of the MLB season-high for any pitcher — and didn't say anything about the injury or soreness afterward, but was sent for tests after the soreness lingered. Sale is in the second year of a contract with the Braves that includes an $18 million club option for 2026. After making only 31 starts in his last four injury-plagued seasons with Boston, the Red Sox traded Sale to the Braves in December 2023 and he rebounded with one of the best seasons of his career to win his first Cy Young Award and the NL Triple Crown, going 18-3 with a majors-best 2.38 ERA and leading the NL in strikeouts with 225 in 177 2/3 innings. Sale stayed healthy last season until back spasms forced him to miss his final regular-season start and also kept him off the postseason roster for the wild-card series at San Diego, where the Braves were swept in two games. This is his first injury in 2025, but it's a big one for the Braves and the veteran bell cow of their starting rotation.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski, pumping 96 mph sliders, opens career with 11 straight hitless innings
Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski completed his second career start on Friday. He's still waiting to allow his first hit. A week after posting five no-hit innings in his MLB debut before exiting with cramps, the 23-year-old right-hander arguably looked even better in his second start by taking a perfect game into the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins. In total, he opened his career with 11 straight hitless innings. Advertisement Per the Brewers broadcast, he is the first starting pitcher in MLB's live-ball era (since 1920) to post 10 straight hitless innings to begin his career. The overall record for hitless innings to open career still belongs to reliever Austin Cox with 11 2/3 in 2023. It was not hard to see how Misiorowski accomplished it. Per Baseball Savant, his fastball averaged 100.6 mph and topped out at 102.1 mph, and that wasn't even his most unhittable pitch. What batters really had trouble with was a slider that topped out at 96.7 mph. That is not a typo. Misiorowski threw a slider 96.7 mph. With Misiorowski at 80 pitches and the Brewers up 8-0 after a seventh-inning rally, the team opted to leave him in to pitch the bottom of the seventh. That quickly went badly, with Misiorowski walking the leadoff batter on four pitches then allowing a two-run homer to Matt Wallner. Advertisement Milwaukee opted to pull him after that, to a standing ovation from the opposing crowd. His final line: 6-plus innings pitched, one hit, two runs, one walk and six strikeouts. His ERA sits at 1.64. In total, Misiorowski threw 29 pitches of at least 100 mph. That's more than any starting pitcher not named Hunter Greene has thrown this season, and matches Stephen Strasburg's career total. With a start like that, there's really no telling how far Misiorowski can go in his career. He currently sits as the No. 66 overall prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline (with most of the concerns centered on his control). At 6-foot-7, he's an imposing force on the mound and so far exceeding even the most outlandish of expectations.
Reuters
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Braves designate reliever Craig Kimbrel for assignment
June 7 - The Atlanta Braves designated nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel for assignment on Saturday. Kimbrel, 37, made his season debut Friday night and allowed one hit in a scoreless seventh inning in Atlanta's 5-4, 10-inning loss at San Francisco. The right-hander had one walk and one strikeout and threw 14 pitches. Kimbrel, who began his career in Atlanta in 2010, was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett prior to Friday's game against the Giants. He signed a minor league deal with the Braves in March. Kimbrel led the National League in saves in four straight seasons with the Braves from 2011-14. He ranks fifth all-time with 440 saves and has a 2.59 ERA in 838 career games (no starts) over 16 seasons with eight teams. Atlanta recalled left-hander Austin Cox, 28, from Triple-A Gwinnett in a corresponding transaction. He last pitched in the majors with the Kansas City Royals in 2023. --Field Level Media
Washington Post
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Braves' all-time saves leader Craig Kimbrel designated for assignment 1 day after getting promoted
SAN FRANCISCO — Craig Kimbrel's stay with the Atlanta Braves lasted just one day as the team designated the franchise's career saves leader for assignment Saturday and recalled left-handed pitcher Austin Cox. The Braves had selected Kimbrel from Triple-A Gwinnett and recalled left-hander Dylan Dodd before opening a road series against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Kimbrel pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the Braves' 5-4 loss in 10 innings.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Braves' all-time saves leader Craig Kimbrel designated for assignment 1 day after getting promoted
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Craig Kimbrel's stay with the Atlanta Braves lasted just one day as the team designated the franchise's career saves leader for assignment Saturday and recalled left-handed pitcher Austin Cox. The Braves had selected Kimbrel from Triple-A Gwinnett and recalled left-hander Dylan Dodd before opening a road series against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Kimbrel pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the Braves' 5-4 loss in 10 innings. Advertisement Kimbrel had been called up from the minors a day after Atlanta blew a 10-4 ninth-inning lead against Arizona and lost 11-10, the first time the Braves lost a game after leading by at least six runs in the ninth since 1973. Kimbrel spent his first five seasons in the big leagues with Atlanta, leading the league in saves each year from 2011-14. His 186 saves are the most ever for a Braves pitcher. He was traded to San Diego before the 2015 season opener, and he has pitched for several teams since. He was with Baltimore last season. ___ AP MLB: The Associated Press
