Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale ruled out for Wildcard game #2 with back spasms
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Terrible news has just be announced that Atlanta Braves star pitcher and ace Chris Sale will not being pitching in game #2 of the Wildcard series against the San Diego Padres due to back spasms.
Chris Sale was scheduled to pitch the second to last game of the season against the New York Mets where it was a do or die for the team to clinch a postseason slot. He was taken out of the rotation for back issues and injured it more partaking in his regular in between starts routine.
With the Braves 3-0 win over the Mets in the last game of the season, they will take on the Padres tomorrow in a best of 3 series, but will be with out their star arm.
«It's a day-to-day thing for now,» Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said. «We could make roster moves between games and all of that, but it's not [too significant]. It's a spasm.»
«He'd been throwing all week just to keep his arm going,» Anthopoulos said. «He went out to throw [on Sunday] and came in after and told us that his back was tight. He said he's pitched with worse. So we said we'll talk in the morning. He came in the office around noon and the more we talked, the right thing was to not [pitch Monday].»
Sale is obviously crushed that he can't compete but all the team can do is to win the Wildcard and hope he is better for the next round.
«[Sale] is crushed,» Anthopoulos said. «There was a little bit of, 'Should he go out there or not?' But ultimately at the end of the day, if you're not at your best and you don't ultimately believe you can help your team and you can hurt yourself, it's not a good outcome across the board.»
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