MLB: 5 overvalued/undervalued players entering 2015

SP Chris Sale Chicago White Sox

Contract: 5 years, 32.5 million ($6.5 million/year)

To continue the discussion from above, the Dodgers could have the second and third best left handed pitchers in baseball for literally less than half the cost of their one ace. Chris Sale was amazing a season ago—besides a 12-4 record with a 2.17 ERA (honestly wonderful), he posted a stupid 2.57 FIP and 0.966 WHIP while striking out 10.8 batters per nine innings.

That’s filthy! Sale suffered an avulsion fracture to his landing foot—the right foot—early on in Spring Training and is just now getting back to pitching. The expected date for his return to the major league mound is April 12, according to ESPNChicago.com’s Doug Padilla.

All indications are that his recovery from that injury has been going well and that he’ll be good to go from the onset of his season. Remember, Clayton Kershaw missed about a month to start last season and went on to have the best regular season a starting pitcher has had in recent memory.

Sale has that kind of talent, and is already dominating American League hitters at a similar pace. Even crazier than Sale’s potential, or his insanely low salary compared to the game’s best pitchers, is the fact that John Danks—a fellow White Sox left handed starter makes almost double what Sale makes.

Make no mistake, Danks is a solid starter. But he’s nowhere near the level of Sale. It’s too bad the White Sox have the Danks contract on the books. Otherwise they’d look like geniuses for securing Sale for such a low figure.

P.S. Shame on me for not making a “He’s on Sale” pun joke.

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