Braves Extend Chris Sale
MLB Trade Rumors • • sports
Key Points:
- The Atlanta Braves have signed left-hander Chris Sale to a one-year, $27 million contract extension with a $30 million club option for the 2028 season, keeping him under team control through at least 2027.
- Sale, 37, has been highly effective since joining the Braves in 2024, posting a 2.46 ERA and earning his first Cy Young Award, despite a ribcage injury limiting his innings.
- Previously hampered by injuries, Sale has regained durability and remains Atlanta’s ace, expected to lead a rotation that lost two young pitchers to elbow surgeries.
- The contract extension was quickly agreed upon after Sale and Braves president Alex Anthopoulos expressed mutual interest in continuing their partnership.
- The deal
