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Braves’ Chris Sale agrees to $27 million contract extension with $30 million club option
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Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale has agreed on a one-year contract extension worth $27 million , according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The Braves confirmed the extension in a press release on Tuesday morning.
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The deal also has a $30 million club option for the 2028 season. Sale was set to hit free agency after the upcoming 2026 campaign, but now the 36-year-old (he'll be 37 in just over a month) is set to stick around Atlanta for a while longer and potentially until the end of his career.
Sale is entering his third season with the Braves after coming over in a 2023 trade with the Boston Red Sox . After several injury-plagued years to end his Red Sox tenure, the lefty immediately regained his form in Atlanta, winning the Cy Young Award in 2024. He went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and struck out 225 batters in 177 2/3 innings during that dominant campaign.
Sale wasn't quite as good last season and did miss some extended time due to a fractured rib, but he still earned his ninth All-Star bid. He went 7-5 with a 2.58 ERA and 165 strikeouts in 125 2/3 innings.
Chris Sale trying to lead Braves bounce-back season
The Braves faltered to a 76-86 record in 2025 after seven straight playoff appearances, including a World Series victory in 2021. With Sale healthy and Spencer Strider hoping to regain his form from several years ago, Atlanta could have a dynamite 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation.
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However, some early pitching injuries are a cause for concern. Both Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep required surgery for their respective injuries suffered at the start of spring training, leaving the Braves a bit short in the rotation. Lucas Giolito has been named as a possible target , but nothing has come to fruition yet.
Atlanta should have an impressive lineup with Ronald Acuna Jr. at the top , but you can never have enough pitching, so it would behoove them to upgrade in that area. But for the time being, locking up Chris Sale is a good move.
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