Ace Southpaw after more than two months on the injury list Chris Sales Will return to the mound next weekend. David O’Brien’s sales are “In the head” To activate from the injured roster and get the ball in Saturday’s game against the Phillies. Sales are on the 60-day injury list, so the Brave will need to clean up a 40-man lineup to accommodate its formal rewards.
59-71 The Brave is a ten match of wildcards, with little hope to run at this point. Sale’s rewards are unlikely to change, but letting the 36-year-old veteran start to continue, which is crucial for a possible future Hall of Fame individual. Sales are no stranger to injury; his 2024 Cy Young award-winning campaign saw him score 29 shots, the highest total since 2017. In his first 15 games of the year, Sale doesn’t seem to miss any rhythm: he hits an astonishing 2.52 ERA with a 2.69 FIP and a stunning 30.8% 3-point shooting percentage.
Unfortunately, a thoracic fracture was for sale in June. He has been out of the club rotation ever since, and during that time he has become one of the bunch of injured beginners that the Brave was forced to replace. Reynaldo Lopez and AJ Smith-Shawver Both were injured due to end-of-season illness before selling injuries, and the three joined since the injuries sold Spencer Schwellenbach (Broken elbow) and Grant Holmes (Inflammation of the elbow). Sales is the only person to return in the season this season and will join him when he arrives this weekend Spencer Strider and top prospects Hurston Waldrep At the top of the Atlanta rotation. Behind the trio, Brian Snitker likes to spin between some combination Joey Wentz,,,,, Elder Bryceand the recent waiver claims Cal Quantrill and Dann Dunning and Didier Fuentes Also use it as a potential depth option.
If the sales can return five to six healthy, and effective starts, that should put him in a good position for the normal offseason and once again become a fixture for the 2026 Atlanta rotation. Marcell Ozuna and Raisel Iglesias Both will reach free agents, and the club are expected to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017, and this offseason could be a major change in Brave’s organization. However, with so many local players signing long-term contracts, it can be a bit difficult to re-create the roster in a substantial way. Listening to the offer for rental ace sales may be a way to achieve this, but it doesn’t seem to be considered Atlanta’s firm position rather than not making its ace available by the deadline.
