Chris Sale
Every time I watch Chris Sale pitch, I am afraid his arm is going to fly off due to his unique mechanics. Mr Sale has been placed on the 15 day DL four days ago with a forearm flexor strain. How long can we expect him to be out? Over the past 4 years there have been 6 pitchers with 9 DL stints related to their forearm flexors:
Astute readers will already know that certain of these players should not be used in estimating Mr. Sale’s length of absence. Mr. Chamberlain’s injury, Mr. Floyd’s 2013 injury, and Mr. Broxton’s second 2013 injury were not flexor strains alone. Mr. Chamberlain had a torn UCL and underwent a Tommy John surgery. Mr. Floyd had both a torn UCL and torn flexor muscle and underwent repair of both last May and hopes to be pitching for the Braves this May. Mr. Broxton’s second injury was reportedly not linked to his first injury but ultimately required surgery to repair a torn flexor mass. I think, too, it makes more sense to combine Mr. Baker’s injury into one since he was back literally days before going back on the DL with essentially the same problem. This leaves 5 distinct injuries over the previous 4 seasons to pitchers requiring on average 37 days on the DL. I think, assuming that the White Sox have been forthcoming with the extent of his injury, that we’re looking at a total of 4 weeks on the DL, and as Mr. Baker’s and possibly Mr. Broxton’s examples have taught us, that one’s flexor muscles are unforgiving and will extract their time one way or the other.
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