Overview

• The Braves placed Sale on the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 19 after he fractured his left rib making a diving play against the Mets.
• Manager Brian Snitker said the timeline for his return will depend on healing but offered no specific estimate.
• Austin Cox was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett in a corresponding move to replace Sale in the rotation.
• Sale entered the IL with a 5–4 record, 2.52 ERA and 114 strikeouts over 89⅓ innings across 15 starts.
• The Braves, winners of six of their last seven before the injury, now face a rotation tested by multiple absences.