Roster player dossier · Almanac edition
Atlanta Braves · bats L
Chris Sale.
Season production, recent form, handedness splits, and role context. Descriptive only—no live recommendation is shown here.
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Whiff rate is steady across 203 recent pitches versus a non-overlapping baseline.
Completed performance and hot form remain supporting evidence; neither creates a Posterior Decision on its own.
00 / Public almanac
Season stats and recent form · descriptive, not predictive.
2026 pitching line
Run prevention and workload.
IP
144.0
2026 innings
ERA
2.06
earned runs
WHIP
1.00
walks plus hits
FIP
1.98
fielding independent
K/9
11.1
strikeouts per nine
BB/9
1.8
walks per nine
K / BB
177 / 28
strikeouts / walks
HR
8
home runs allowed
BF
576
batters faced
Savant and arsenal
Expected contact, splits, and pitch shape.
xERA
00.2 / Career lines
Season-by-season record · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · 16 seasons
MLB regular season
| Season | Tm | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | BB/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ATL | 24 | 24 | 144.0 | 2.06 | 1.00 | 11.06 | 1.75 |
| 2025 | ATL | 21 |
00.3 / Last 12
Current performance across roughly four series · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · last 12 games
| Date | Opp | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/27 | vs LAD | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 8/21 | @ MIL | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
00.4 / Statcast card
Season percentile ranks vs. the qualified MLB pool · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast season card · 2026 · Pitching
Elite run prevention with a rarely barreling.
Posterior percentiles vs. qualified MLB pool · Statcast window Apr 24 – Aug 30 · context only
Expected run prevention
xERA
89
2.96
Contact allowed
Barrel %
9
3.7%
Hard-Hit %
25
20.7%
Avg. Exit Velo
00.5 / Statcast form
Nightly Statcast trends · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast form · Whiff and command
Whiffs and command are holding steady.
Posterior Statcast graph · through 2026-08-30 · context only
Whiff rate
28.3%
Baseline 26.4% · Δ +1.9%
Zone rate
50.2%
Baseline 51.7% · Δ -1.4%
Average velocity (mph)
89.4 mph
Baseline 89.3 mph · Δ +0.1 mph
Recent window
203
vs 633 baseline pitches
STEADY · recent vs non-overlapping baselineAs of Aug 31, 2026
Statcast form — descriptive fan context from the point-in-time Statcast graph, not a betting recommendation. It does not move any Posterior probability.
01 / Pro decision context
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