Sale's Dominant Start: Cy Young Contender?

0:00On April 2-8, Chris Sale just dominated another start for the Atlanta Braves, tossing six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts, his best in a game. This season, he escaped a base-as-loaded threat in the third and hit two big milestones, his 150th career win and passing Chuck Finley into. 28th on the all-time strikeout list, with 2617, that performance caps a scorching start to his season, where he's only allowed more than one run once, back on April 6th against the Angels. In five of six outings, he's gone at least six innings, something he didn't hit five times this early since joining Atlanta. Fans and analysts are buzzing because this tops even his side-young year in 2024. His ERA sits at 2.31, Wyab at 0.91, and opponents are hitting just 0.185 against him levels not seen. It's his monster 2018 campaign, dig deeper and his post-April track record screams sustainability.

1:00Last year, he posted a 1.69 ERA and 0.93 whiff after April, the year before, 2.10 and 1.0. 3. One off day inflated his current line, but he's settling into that elite groove already. If Sale stays healthy, another side-young is on the table, along with his 10th All-Star Nod, building on a Hall of Fame path that's only getting stronger and abraved Jersey. That wraps MLB News today, brought to you with AI.