Sale, Freeman, Happ, Weaver, Mitchell

Sales excels … Injuries limited Chris Sale (LHP, ATL) to 125 IP in 2025, but he was highly effective when on the mound, sporting a 2.58 ERA. Through 105 IP in 2026, his 2.06 ERA ranks third among qualified MLB pitchers. How are the skills holding up?

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	BB%	K%	K-BB%	Ball%	SwK	Vel	GB/LD/FB	H%/S%	HR/F
2021	42	3.16/3.40	6%	28%	21%	34%	13.1%	93.6	46/20/31	39%/82%	16%
2022	5	3.18/3.37	4%	20%	15%	33%	4.5%	94.1	50/33/16	27%/66%	0%
2023	102	4.30/3.68	7%	29%	22%	35%	13.5%	93.6	36/19/42	33%/66%	13%
2024	177	2.38/2.80	5%	32%	27%	32%	14.5%	94.7	44/21/33	32%/77%	6%
2025	125	2.58/3.02	6%	32%	26%	33%	14.0%	94.7	38/21/39	33%/79%	9%
2026	105	2.06/3.11	5%	28%	23%	32%	14.1%	95.9	44/19/35	31%/84%	8%

They’re in excellent shape:

• His 88th percentile K% comes with SwK% backing (29% xK%).
• Given his lifetime 5% BB% and Ball%,...

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