After being traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves at the end of December, southpaw Chris Sale will spend longer in Georgia than he probably anticipated after signing a two-year, $38 million contract with the franchise earlier this month.
In 2024, Sale will join a Braves rotation that also features Max Fried, Spencer Strider, Bryce Elder and Charlie Morton. The oldest pitcher in the rotation, 40-year-old Morton, is fired up to have Chris Sale in Atlanta.
“Watching him on the field, how he conducts himself, he’s an animal,” Morton asserted about his new teammate, per The Athletic's David O'Brien.