Chris Sale should be traded right now and I hope the White Sox get smart and do it. Is there any reason why a multi-million dollar enterprise should keep on its payroll someone who has proven to be a buffoon twice in the same year? Twenty years from now, guys who play for the Sox now are going to be telling rookies about the time Chris Sale ripped up 25 jerseys with his bare hands, set them on fire with a blow torch, and then put the fire out by pissing on it. So I put a lot of emphasis on when I play and I take a lot of pride in work that I do.
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“To say that we’re going to be buyers or sellers or both – some combination – we just don’t know”, Williams said.
Sale, 14-3 with a 3.18 ERA, never wore the replacement 1983 throwback jersey.
Disingenuously, Sale declared that the White Sox cared more about business than it did about winning.
“When I saw that there was something in the way of that 100 percent winning mentality, I had an issue”, Sale told MLB.com. He did not get the answer he wanted and, upon returning to the clubhouse, Sale reportedly cut up his uniform and then those of his teammates, rendering them unwearable.
The volatile Sale and Ventura engaged in a heated argument during the 2014 season. LaRoche abruptly retired, which led Sale to unleash on Williams.
The left-hander will start tomorrow against the Chicago Cubs in his first appearance since he was punished by the team. The White Sox were 49-50 before Tuesday’s game and third in the AL Central. There is a possibility he could be traded before the August 1 non-waiver deadline, but Sale told MLB.com he doesn’t want to be dealt.
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“I’m more interested in everyone moving on”, Williams said when asked about Sale’s behavior. “Any further comment is counterproductive to all that”. At one point in my career, you probably could have gotten me to comment in a very different way. Sale has a club-friendly contract that runs through 2019, counting two years of team options. Sale has been scratched from his start against the Detroit Tigers after he was involved in what the team says was a “non-physical clubhouse incident“. They have won three straight games – all of the walk-off fashion – and are looking to make it four against the Cubs on Tuesday at U.S. Cellular Field.
