White Sox manager Robin Ventura doesn’t want Chris Sale to pitch in the All-Star Game

By Jul 12, 2015, 9:25 PM EDT
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White Sox starter Chris Sale pitched into the eighth inning, allowing one run on six hits and a walk while striking out 10 batters in his most recent start on Saturday against the Cubs. He is a candidate to start for the American League in the All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.

If manager Robin Ventura had his way, Sale wouldn’t pitch at all. Via Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune:

“I think yesterday he was amped up,” Ventura said. “Just philosophy-wise, pitch count and everything in this environment, he was exerting everything he had. It would be nice (for him to rest), definitely.

“He is (our only representative). But I also want him to pitch for us for the rest of the year too.”

Sale heads into the All-Star break with a 2.72 ERA, leading the league with 157 strikeouts compared to only 23 walks in 119 1/3 innings. One can understand Ventura’s reluctance to have Sale throw any more than he needs to, but the baseball world at large would be deprived of awesome pitching were the lefty to rest on Tuesday instead.

Phils’ Hoskins tears knee, expected to miss significant time

Associated PressMar 24, 2023, 12:02 AM EDT
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins needs surgery for a torn ACL after injuring his left knee Thursday fielding a grounder in a spring training game and is expected to miss a significant amount of time.

The Phillies did not say when Hoskins would have the surgery or exactly how long the slugging first baseman might be sidelined.

Hoskins hit 30 homers with 79 RBIs last season for the reigning National League champions.

He was backing up to play a chopper on Thursday when the ball popped out of his glove. Sooner after, he fell to the ground and began clutching his left knee. Teammates gathered around him before he was taken off of the field.

Hoskins, a free agent at the end of the season who turned 30 last week, hit six homers in Philadelphia’s playoff run last season. The Phillies lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series.

The injury was another blow for the Phillies, who will be without top pitching prospect Andrew Painter for another few weeks because of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. And slugger Bryce Harper isn’t expected back until around the All-Star break after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November.