He's lucky that Darvish was terrible Friday night:
Chris Sale admittedly didn't have his best stuff during Friday's 9-5 victory over the Rangers before 47,638 at the Ballpark in Arlington, as evidenced by his fastball topping out at 92 mph on just two occasions over 6 1/3 innings.
As for that velocity issue, Sale and the White Sox (54-45) responded with the same overall lack of worry as they did when questioned about the topic after the left-hander worked eight innings in a victory over the Royals on July 15.
"These guys can hit anything," said Sale of the potent Rangers offense. "Like I said before, it's not about how hard it's coming in. It's where it's at. I don't know how to answer that to be honest with you."
"We talked about it a little bit but it's him becoming more of a pitcher rather than just using velocity," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of his ace left-hander, whose ERA stands at 2.61 after 18 starts and 19 games. "Every once in a while he can still do it. But I don't think it's anything arm related."
That health diagnosis from Ventura was quickly supported by his 23-year-old starter.
"Everything is fine," Sale said. "It's getting late in the year and that might be a little bit of it. But that's not something I'm paying attention to. I honestly couldn't care less how hard I'm throwing."
Chris Sale admittedly didn't have his best stuff during Friday's 9-5 victory over the Rangers before 47,638 at the Ballpark in Arlington, as evidenced by his fastball topping out at 92 mph on just two occasions over 6 1/3 innings.
As for that velocity issue, Sale and the White Sox (54-45) responded with the same overall lack of worry as they did when questioned about the topic after the left-hander worked eight innings in a victory over the Royals on July 15.
"These guys can hit anything," said Sale of the potent Rangers offense. "Like I said before, it's not about how hard it's coming in. It's where it's at. I don't know how to answer that to be honest with you."
"We talked about it a little bit but it's him becoming more of a pitcher rather than just using velocity," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of his ace left-hander, whose ERA stands at 2.61 after 18 starts and 19 games. "Every once in a while he can still do it. But I don't think it's anything arm related."
That health diagnosis from Ventura was quickly supported by his 23-year-old starter.
"Everything is fine," Sale said. "It's getting late in the year and that might be a little bit of it. But that's not something I'm paying attention to. I honestly couldn't care less how hard I'm throwing."
