Cubs’
starter Jon Lester described the White Sox’s Chris Sale this way in the
Tribune: “He’s asses and elbows going
everywhere. He chucks the hell out of it
[the ball, yes?].” Lester meant it all
as a compliment, but I’m more let-sleeping-dogs-lie when talking about an
opponent. Sale may feel sensitive about
his elbows.
In
any case, paired against Lester the Sox lefty gave up one run yesterday
afternoon on six hits and a walk to go with ten strikeouts; Sale becomes the
first pitcher since 1900 to strike out ten batters in seven straight starts on
the road. Did I mention Tyler Flowers
had two hits and two rbi’s? Really, end
times.
Lester,
the $155 million man, falls to 4-8 while Sale, the $32.5 million “bargain,”
improves to 8-4. I’m not criticizing the
Cubs for the monster contract. This is
the state of baseball today, and who knows what Sale will demand when his
club-friendly deal runs out at the end of the decade. Free-agent acquisitions Lester and Adam
LaRoche both have been disappointments so far this season. But the bigger the contract the greater the blowback
when production flags. Luckily, not my
problem, not today.
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