{"id":85818,"date":"2025-08-30T14:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85818"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:46:12","slug":"sale-rejoins-braves-after-2-months-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85818","title":{"rendered":"Sale rejoins Braves after 2 months on injured list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>ESPN News Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aug 30, 2025, 01:37 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Atlanta Braves have reinstated left-hander Chris Sale from the 60-day injured list, the team announced Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to start Saturday night&#8217;s game against the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning National League Cy Young winner had been out since suffering a fractured left rib cage in June when he dove to field a grounder. He pitched 4\u2154 innings in his third and most recent rehab start at Triple-A last week.<\/p>\n<p>Sale&#8217;s return ends a stretch since late July in which all of the Braves&#8217; Opening Day starters had been on the injured list. Atlanta has stumbled to a 61-74 record and is set to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Sale, 36, is 5-4 and has a 2.52 ERA through 15 starts this season. 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