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The Boston Red Sox announced that ace Chris Sale underwent successful Tommy John surgery by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at Los Angeles' Kerlan-Jobe Institute on Monday.
According to MLB.com's Ian Browne, the earliest Sale will return to the mound will be June 2021.
Browne provided a recent quote from Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom: "It obviously varies. I think generally 12 months would be pretty aggressive [to return]. Usually it takes longer than that to make sure you're doing the buildup properly.