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Chris Sale

Braves
Number #51
Position SP
Bats L
Throws L
Age 37
Height 6' 6"
Weight 180 lbs
Birth Place Lakeland, FL
Born Mar 30, 1989

Key Insights

2026
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Sale releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 6 degrees above horizontal and 2.7 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

2574 tracked release points, averaging 4.8 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Sale's sinker moves 17.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

222 thrown, averaging 95.4 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Sale goes to the slider: 51.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 34.4% the rest of the time.

846 two-strike pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Sale's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.3 mph, against 82.4 off his slider.

1070 and 1027 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Sale throws the sinker 32.5% of the time against left-handers and 0.9% against right-handers.

1946 pitches to right-handers, 628 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work

16.4 mph separates Sale's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 96.2 against 79.8.

1070 and 1027 of them respectively.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 30, 1989
Birth Place Lakeland, FL
Height 6' 6"
Weight 180 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/L
College/Draft Florida Gulf Coast