The Obligatory Chris Sale Spring Training Column

Just like the previous post here at DSW, Shank takes great pleasure at digging up unpleasant past events.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — We tiptoe around the obvious. Folks in Red Sox Nation love Chris Sale. He was everything you hoped he’d be with the 2017 Red Sox.

. . . right up until the end.

After a 300-strikeout season that led the Sox to a division title, Sale was terrible in the postseason. In his first crack at playoff baseball, Sale was 0-2 with a 8.38 ERA. He gave up 13 hits and 4 homers in 9⅔ innings as the Sox were dismissed by the Astros in four games.