Sale has surgery on 31st birthday
BOSTON — Red Sox starter Chris Sale had Tommy John surgery on his left elbow on Monday, his 31st birthday, and the team said it was successful.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.
Sale is expected to miss 14-15 months, which would bring him back in the middle of the 2021 season.
