San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
OFT-INJURED SALE IS DEALT TO BRAVES
Chris Sale’s injury-filled career with the Red Sox ended Saturday when the 34-year-old left-hander accepted a trade to the Atlanta Braves that sent infielder Vaughn Grissom to Boston.
Boston also is giving cash to the Braves, covering a portion of the $27.5 million salary the seven-time Allstar is owed in 2024, the final guaranteed season of a $160 million, six-year contract. That 2024 salary includes $10 million deferred until June 30, 2039.
Sale was acquired by Boston from the Chicago White Sox in December 2016 and has made nine trips to the disabled and injured lists with the Red Sox, mostly due to shoulder and elbow ailments. He had Tommy John surgery on March 30, 2020, and returned to a big-league mound on Aug. 14, 2021.
He was 6-5 with a 4.30 ERA in 20 starts and 1022⁄3 innings last season.
“The last few years he’s obviously had some IL time,” Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos said. “You can’t run from that. You realize that. But we feel like this is the first normal offseason he’ll have had in a long time. But at the same time, look, he’s coming off 100 innings pitched last year.”
Sale helped the Red Sox to a World Series title in 2018 but has made just 56 starts in the last four years, going 17-18 with a 4.86 ERA. He had 400 strikeouts and 79 walks in 2981⁄3 innings.
“We really like his ability. We love the makeup and the person and what he brings to our clubhouse,” Anthopoulos said. “We think when he’s out on the mound, he’s a playoff-caliber starter.”
As a 10-year veteran who spent the past five seasons with his team, Sale had the right to refuse any trade.
The 22-year-old Grissom has a .287 average with five homers and 27 RBIS over 64 games with Atlanta during the past two seasons. He made 41 starts at second base and 19 at shortstop.
More baseball
Frankie Montas and the Cincinnati Reds agreed to a $16 million, one-year contract, a deal that gives the 30-year-old right-hander a chance to revive his career after an injury-decimated spell with the New York Yankees.
• Chris Flexen agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox, giving manager Pedro Grifol another possibility for his rotation. To clear a roster spot, Chicago designated catcher Carlos Pérez for assignment on Saturday.
Locally
The San Diego State women’s basketball team (10-4, 1-0 MW) extended its win streak to six games with a 74-71 overtime win over visiting Colorado State (9-3, 0-1). Jada Lewis scored 22 points, including the gamewinner, while also bringing in a season-high nine rebounds.
• Judd Caulfield and Josh Lopina scored firstquarter goals for the San Diego Gulls but the host Tucson Roadrunners tallied the last three of the game for a 3-2 AHL victory.
• The San Diego Seals (2-1) defeated the Rochester
Knighthawks (3-1), 17-14, late Friday night in a National Lacrosse League matchup at Pechanga Arena. It was the Seals’ highest offensive output of the season as the team received three goals apiece from team captain Wes Berg, Curtis Dickson and Austin Staats. Berg and Dane Dobbie had a teamhigh six assists.
MLS
Former World Cup champion Hugo Lloris became the latest 35-year-old-plus player to join Major League Soccer when the goalkeeper agreed to a one-year contract with LAFC and left Tottenham after 111⁄2 seasons. LAFC announced the deal Saturday and said the agreement with the 37-yearold included options for 2025 and 2026, though it did not say whether the options belong to the team or the player.
• Former U.S. national team midfielder Tyler Boyd was traded from the LA Galaxy to Nashville on Saturday, the winger’s 28th birthday. LA received an international roster slot in both 2024 and 2025 plus $75,000 per season in general allocation money, which can be used to reduce a player’s allocation against the salary cap. LA may receive up to $625,000 in GAM conditioned on Boyd’s performance with Nashville.
International soccer
Manchester City beat Sheffield United 2-0 and moved to within two points of English Premier League leader Liverpool. Goals from Rodri and Julian Alvarez at Etihad Stadium secured a comfortable win for the defending champions against the bottom-placed team. Third-place City moved ahead of Arsenal on goal difference and was behind Liverpool and Aston Villa. Villa was second on goal difference after beating Burnley 3-2. Manchester United lost for the 14th time this season, at Nottingham Forest by 2-1.
Sports and courts
Indianapolis Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested Friday on domestic violence charges, according to court records. The 25year-old Ogletree was charged with domestic battery committed in the physical presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, Indiana court records show. Both are felonies.
Ogletree is accused in a probable cause affidavit of body slamming a woman on Tuesday in Hendricks County after she looked at his phone and discovered that he was cheating on her, The Indianapolis Star reported.
The Colts later issued a statement attributed to an NFL spokesperson that said the league placed Ogletree on the commissioner exempt list.
Tennis
Alexander Zverev led Germany to a 2-1 win over Italy while the Netherlands won the decisive mixed doubles to beat Norway in the United Cup group stage. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek helped top-seeded Poland gain an unassailable 2-0 lead against Brazil, which lost for the second time in two days.
ROB MARCZYNSKI
Buffalo’s Jeff Skinner (53) scores the game-winning goal in overtime against Columbus goalie Daniil Tarasov on Saturday. The Sabres won 3-2.