Chris Sale has had a rocky start to begin the season. The ace of the Boston Red Sox rotation is 0-4 with an 8.58 ERA. He’s also allowed 13 earned runs in 2019. Last season, he allowed just 37 runs in 27 starts. Sale is striking out a career-low 13 percent of batters faced. His 11.1 swinging strike percentage and 6.0 walk percentage are his worst rates since 2012, per FanGraphs.
Sale has thrown the four-seam fastball 104 times so far this season. He’s given up four walks, recorded five strikeouts, and hitters are batting an average .