With two years left on a contract that will pay him $55 million, Chris Sale has told the Boston Red Sox that he will not opt out of his current deal, but will instead opt in and will likely be part of the starting rotation, after pitching less than 10 innings during a frustrating 2022 campaign, according to the Digital Edition of the Boston Globe. 

Sale suffered a broken finger when he was hit by a batted ball in July during a game in Yankee Stadium, then broke a wrist after falling off a bike, effectively ending his season.