Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale put on COVID-19 injured list
Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not make his scheduled start Sunday against the Chicago White Sox.
The left-hander returned to the mound Aug. 14 after he underwent Tommy John surgery on March 30, 2020, to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm.
The seven-time MLB All-Star missed the start of spring training in 2020 with an illness that the team described as the flu that morphed into pneumonia. He threw his first batting practice of the spring on March 4, 2020.
A day later, he reported discomfort in his pitching elbow. At the time, the team said that there had been no additional damage to his UCL, which was treated with a platelet-rich plasma injection in August 2019.
Earlier this week, manager Alex Cora announced that infielder/outfielder Enrique "Kiké" Hernández and utility player Danny Santana had been removed from the COVID-19 IL.
Red Sox left-handed relief pitcher Josh Taylor was reinstated from the COVID-19 IL on Monday.
Boston had eight other players remaining on its COVID injured list Friday morning: All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts, All-Star closer Matt Barnes, starting pitcher Nick Pivetta, rookie outfielder Jarren Duran, infielder Christian Arroyo, right-handed pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura, left-handed pitcher Martín Pérez and infielder Yairo Muñoz.
Bogaerts will return to the lineup Friday night.