Red Sox ace Chris Sale has not been vaccinated against COVID-19, he shared Friday.
Sale, who allowed one run in five innings as the Red Sox cruised past the Orioles, 7-1, contracted the virus prior to the season and again earlier this month.
Recently, he tested positive, went on the COVID-related injured list last Friday, and needed to quarantine as a result. Sale said he was alarmed to hear the news from the training staff that he had tested positive even though he was asymptomatic for a second time.
“I get a phone call and they’re like, ‘Hey, you tested positive for COVID,’” Sale told reporters.