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Chris Sale

Birthdate: 3/30/1989 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-6/180 Position: P
Contract: $32.5M / 5 Years (2013 - 2017) + 2 Option Years

5/22/2013: Manager Robin Ventura confirmed that Sale (shoulder) is on track to make his next start Tuesday against the Cubs.

5/23/2013 - MASH Report (5/23/13) by Jeff Zimmerman (RotoGraphs)

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5/13/2013 - Should the White Sox Hold or Fold? by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

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3/26/2013 - Just Another Reason To Be Skeptical of Spring Stat» by Eno Sarris (FanGraphs)

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3/7/2013 - White Sox Looking to Lock Up Chris Sale by Mike Axisa (FanGraphs)

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3/5/2013 - 2013 Pod Projections: Chris Sale by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

Dashboard Customize

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2010	White Sox (A+)	0	0	0	4	0	4.0	9.00	4.50	0.00	.273	60.0 %			2.25	2.70
2010	White Sox (AAA)	0	0	0	7	0	6.1	21.32	5.68	2.84	.200	100.0 %			2.84	4.46
2010	White Sox	2	1	4	21	0	23.1	12.34	3.86	0.77	.271	90.1 %	51.0 %	11.1 %	1.93	2.74	2.56	0.6
2011	White Sox	2	2	8	58	0	71.0	10.01	3.42	0.76	.264	81.3 %	49.7 %	10.9 %	2.79	3.12	3.00	1.2
2012	White Sox	17	8	0	30	29	192.0	9.00	2.39	0.89	.294	80.0 %	44.9 %	11.6 %	3.05	3.27	3.24	4.8
2013	Steamer	13	8	0	28	28	181.0	9.02	3.08	0.86	.302	72.2 %			3.60	3.46		4.1
2013	Bill James	14	8	0	30	30	198.0	9.73	2.59	0.91	.293				3.09	3.14
2013	Oliver	11	5				140.0	8.60	2.50	0.77	.293	77.0 %			2.95	3.15
2013	Fans (24)	15	9	0	31	31	199.0	9.09	2.53	0.86	.295	75.5 %			3.25	3.26		4.5
2013	ZiPS	14	8		28	28	175.7	8.91	2.66	0.97	.299	75.0 %			3.43	3.49		3.9
2013	White Sox	5	2	0	9	9	64.0	8.58	2.11	0.84	.235	80.2 %	47.9 %	10.2 %	2.53	3.20	3.31	1.7
2013	ZiPS (R)	10	7		21	21	132.0	8.98	2.59	0.96	.303	74.3 %			3.45	3.40		2.9
2013	ZiPS (U)	15	9		30	30	196.0	8.85	2.43	0.92	.284	75.2 %			3.15	3.33		4.6
2013	Steamer (R)	9	6	0	22	22	131.0	9.10	2.92	0.86	.290	72.3 %			3.54	3.34		3.0
2013	Steamer (U)	14	8	0	31	31	195.0	8.93	2.65	0.85	.273	74.1 %			3.21	3.29		4.7
Total	- - -	26	13	12	118	38	350.1	9.35	2.65	0.85	.276	81.0 %	46.7 %	11.1 %	2.83	3.19	3.16	8.3

News

5/20 - AL Central: state of the division by Chris Jaffe
5/14 - THT Awards by John Barten
4/30 - Fantasy: The daily grind: 4-30-13 by Brad Johnson

5/22 - Red Sox, 6, White Sox 2: Hector Santiago can only do so much by South Side Sox
5/22 - Terrerobytes: Alex Rios won't be ignored by South Side Sox
5/22 - Chris Sale scratched, Red Sox will face Hector Santiago inst» by Over the Monster

3/8 - AL Central Notes: Tigers, Sale, Indians, Morneau by Mark Polishuk
3/7 - White Sox To Extend Chris Sale by Ben Nicholson-Smith
3/6 - Chris Sale, White Sox Discussing Extension by Charlie Wilmoth

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2010	White Sox (A+)	0	0	2.25	4	0	0	0	0			4.0	17	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
2010	White Sox (AAA)	0	0	2.84	7	0	0	0	0			6.1	26	3	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	15
2010	White Sox	2	1	1.93	21	0	0	0	4	2	0	23.1	92	15	5	5	2	10	0	0	1	0	32
2011	White Sox	2	2	2.79	58	0	0	0	8	16	2	71.0	288	52	22	22	6	27	3	2	2	0	79
2012	White Sox	17	8	3.05	30	29	1	0	0	0	1	192.0	772	167	66	65	19	51	5	6	6	0	192
2013	Steamer	13	8	3.60	28	28			0			181.0	756	159	79	72	17	62		6			181
2013	Bill James	14	8	3.09	30	30			0			198.0		163			20	57		6			214
2013	Oliver	11	5	2.95						0		140.0	564	122	50	46	12	39	3	4			134
2013	Fans (24)	15	9	3.25	31	31			0			199.0		170	77	72	19	56		6			201
2013	ZiPS	14	8	3.43	28	28						175.7		156	72	67	19	52	6	5	5	0	174
2013	White Sox	5	2	2.53	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	64.0	247	44	19	18	6	15	0	3	1	0	61
2013	ZiPS (R)	10	7	3.45	21	21						132.0		118	55	50	14	38		4			131
2013	ZiPS (U)	15	9	3.15	30	30						196.0		162	74	68	20	53		7			192
2013	Steamer (R)	9	6	3.54	22	22			0			131.0	544	115	56	51	12	42		5			132
2013	Steamer (U)	14	8	3.21	31	31			0			195.0	791	159	75	69	18	57		8			193
Total	- - -	26	13	2.83	118	38	2	1	12	18	3	350.1	1399	278	112	110	33	103	8	11	10	0	364

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2010	White Sox (A+)	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	23.5 %	11.8 %	.200	1.25	.273	60.0 %			2.70
2010	White Sox (AAA)	21.32	5.68	3.75	2.84	57.7 %	15.4 %	.136	1.11	.200	100.0 %			4.46
2010	White Sox	12.34	3.86	3.20	0.77	34.8 %	10.9 %	.183	1.07	.271	90.1 %	44	62	2.74
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	White Sox	10.01	3.42	2.93	0.76	27.4 %	9.4 %	.201	1.11	.264	81.3 %	65	74	3.12
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	White Sox	9.00	2.39	3.76	0.89	24.9 %	6.6 %	.234	1.14	.294	80.0 %	71	75	3.27
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	9.02	3.08	2.93	0.86			.238	1.22	.302	72.2 %			3.46
2013	Bill James	9.73	2.59	3.75	0.91			.226	1.11	.293				3.14
2013	Oliver	8.60	2.50	3.44	0.77	23.8 %	6.9 %	.234	1.15	.293	77.0 %			3.15
2013	Fans (24)	9.09	2.53	3.59	0.86			.233	1.14	.295	75.5 %			3.26
2013	ZiPS	8.91	2.66	3.35	0.97			.239	1.18	.299	75.0 %			3.49
2013	White Sox	8.58	2.11	4.07	0.84	24.7 %	6.1 %	.192	0.92	.235	80.2 %	58	75	3.20
2013	Average	7.62	3.10	2.46	1.03	20.0 %	8.1 %	.249	1.30	.292	73.1 %			4.13
2013	ZiPS (R)	8.98	2.59	3.47	0.96			.242	1.19	.303	74.3 %			3.40
2013	ZiPS (U)	8.85	2.43	3.64	0.92			.227	1.10	.284	75.2 %			3.33
2013	Steamer (R)	9.10	2.92	3.12	0.86			.238	1.20	.290	72.3 %			3.34
2013	Steamer (U)	8.93	2.65	3.37	0.85			.224	1.11	.273	74.1 %			3.29
Total	- - -	9.35	2.65	3.53	0.85	26.0 %	7.4 %	.216	1.09	.276	81.0 %	66	74	3.19

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2010	White Sox	1.39	12.2 %	51.0 %	36.7 %	5.6 %	11.1 %	8.0 %	0.0 %	2.53	2.30	61	2.56
2011	White Sox	1.55	18.1 %	49.7 %	32.2 %	3.6 %	10.9 %	7.1 %	22.2 %	3.57	2.73	74	3.00
2012	White Sox	1.40	23.0 %	44.9 %	32.0 %	12.2 %	11.6 %	6.5 %	18.2 %	4.06	3.25	78	3.24
2013	White Sox	1.36	16.8 %	47.9 %	35.3 %	6.8 %	10.2 %	5.0 %	0.0 %	3.40	3.21	81	3.31
Total	- - -	1.42	20.4 %	46.7 %	32.9 %	9.1 %	11.1 %	6.4 %	18.2 %	3.73	3.07	77	3.16

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2010	White Sox	25	18	6	1	2	1	0	10	155	237	392
2011	White Sox	85	55	31	2	6	9	2	16	401	704	1105
2012	White Sox	230	164	118	20	15	11	2	117	1051	1968	3019
2013	White Sox	80	59	28	4	4	1	0	22	315	622	937
Total	- - -	420	296	183	27	27	22	4	165	1922	3531	5453

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2010	White Sox	1.15	-1.22	2.37	5.89	0.61	1.30	1.54	1.61	1.18	13	0.74	0.15	8	2
2011	White Sox	3.53	-5.22	8.75	14.66	1.50	1.55	1.43	1.49	1.48	41	1.48	0.80	28	7
2012	White Sox	3.44	-12.44	15.87	35.93	3.49	1.04	0.96	0.95	0.98	29	2.91	0.38	0	1
2013	White Sox	1.97	-3.28	5.25	15.89	1.53	1.01	1.03	0.89	0.93	8	1.50	0.45	0	0
Total	- - -	10.09	-22.15	32.24	72.38	7.13	1.16	1.14	1.33	1.23	91	6.63	2.08	36	10

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CH%	XX%
2010	White Sox	62.8% (96.3)	29.7% (82.8)	7.4% (87.1)	0.5%
2011	White Sox	51.9% (95.3)	36.4% (82.1)	11.7% (86.8)	1.2%
2012	White Sox	60.1% (91.6)	26.2% (78.6)	13.7% (82.1)	0.6%
2013	White Sox	55.5% (92.3)	27.0% (78.1)	17.5% (82.1)
Total	- - -	57.9% (92.7)	28.7% (79.7)	13.5% (83.1)	0.6%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2010	White Sox	66.9 %	2.2 %	28.5 %	0.8 %	1.6 %
2011	White Sox	43.4 %	10.2 %	36.4 %		9.0 %
2012	White Sox	9.8 %	42.7 %	26.3 %		20.9 %
2013	White Sox	7.0 %	45.7 %	27.1 %		20.2 %
Total	- - -	20.1 %	33.8 %	28.6 %	0.1 %	17.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vSL	vCU	vCH
2010	White Sox	95.9	86.6	82.9	79.5	85.4
2011	White Sox	94.9	94.8	82.1		86.4
2012	White Sox	91.3	92.3	78.6		83.6
2013	White Sox	91.7	92.6	78.1		82.7
Total	- - -	94.0	92.5	79.7	79.5	83.7

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2010	White Sox	0.4	4.7	1.7	0.18	4.02	5.89
2011	White Sox	-4.7	11.9	2.6	-0.82	2.99	2.00
2012	White Sox	5.3	5.2	12.6	0.30	0.66	3.07
2013	White Sox	6.3	-0.4	8.0	1.21	-0.15	4.87
Total	- - -	7.4	21.4	24.8	0.24	1.38	3.40

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wSL	wCU	wCH
2010	White Sox	1.1	0.5	4.6	0.1	0.2
2011	White Sox	-3.9	3.1	11.5		-0.1
2012	White Sox	4.6	2.2	5.9		11.6
2013	White Sox	-0.2	7.4	-0.2		7.1
Total	- - -	1.7	13.1	21.8	0.1	18.9

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2010	White Sox	0.44	6.11	4.38	3.04	3.69
2011	White Sox	-0.81	2.73	2.86		-0.07
2012	White Sox	1.56	0.17	0.74		1.85
2013	White Sox	-0.28	1.72	-0.08		3.76
Total	- - -	0.15	0.71	1.40	3.04	2.04

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2010	White Sox	23.7 %	53.2 %	38.2 %	54.4 %	80.8 %	72.4 %	49.0 %	55.4 %	10.2 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	White Sox	30.3 %	52.7 %	41.3 %	50.9 %	83.5 %	71.4 %	49.3 %	60.4 %	11.5 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	White Sox	33.4 %	59.5 %	45.7 %	63.9 %	84.8 %	76.8 %	47.3 %	57.0 %	10.3 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	White Sox	33.0 %	60.3 %	46.2 %	64.5 %	85.0 %	77.4 %	48.4 %	61.1 %	9.8 %
2013	Average	29.7 %	65.0 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	45.8 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	32.0 %	57.8 %	44.4 %	61.1 %	84.3 %	75.6 %	48.0 %	58.3 %	10.5 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2010	White Sox	23.7 %	48.7 %	37.1 %	58.5 %	78.4 %	72.5 %	53.5 %	18.7
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	White Sox	30.3 %	49.8 %	40.7 %	45.5 %	84.5 %	71.0 %	53.4 %	19.2
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	White Sox	32.0 %	57.7 %	45.3 %	59.7 %	85.7 %	76.9 %	51.9 %	18.8
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	White Sox	32.2 %	56.8 %	44.9 %	56.9 %	88.7 %	77.7 %	51.7 %	20.0
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.2 %	22.5
Total	- - -	31.1 %	55.3 %	43.8 %	56.4 %	85.6 %	75.7 %	52.3 %	19.1

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	SB	FP
2010	White Sox	P	21	0	23.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2011	White Sox	P	58	0	71.0	5	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000
2012	White Sox	P	30	29	192.0	8	25	1	1	0	1	1	14	.971
2013	White Sox	P	9	9	64.0	0	8	1	0	1	1	1	6	.889
Total	- - -	P	118	38	350.1	13	49	2	1	1	2	2	23	.969

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGFP	rPM	DRS
2010	White Sox	P	23.1	0	0	-1	-1
2011	White Sox	P	71.0	1	0	0	2
2012	White Sox	P	192.0	2	-1	-2	-1
2013	White Sox	P	64.0	0	-1	2	1
Total	- - -	P	350.1	3	-2	-1	1

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2010	White Sox	1.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	5.6	0.6	$2.3
2011	White Sox	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	12.0	1.2	$5.6
2012	White Sox	5.9	0.1	1.1	1.1	44.1	4.8	$21.7
2013	White Sox	2.4	0.9	-0.2	0.7	15.1	1.7	$8.3
Total	- - -	11.4	1.3	1.7	3.1	76.9	8.3	$37.9

Contracts

$32.5m / 5 Years (2013 - 2017) + 2 Option Years (Edit)

signed by Chicago White Sox on 3/7/2013 (Extension)
2013: $0.8M, 2014: $3.5M, 2015: $6M, 2016: $9.2M, 2017: $12M
2018 Team Option: $12.5M ($1M buyout)
2019 Team Option: $13.5M ($1M buyout)
Incentives: Winning the Cy Young could trigger an escalator increasing the total value to $60MM.
Agent / Agency: Jet Sports Management
Originally Reported By: Bruce Levine
Source: mlbtraderumors.com
Submitted by mschieve

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