Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale has been placed on the sixty-day injured list.
The pitcher suffered a right rib stress fracture.
Team officials said Sale got the injury while working out in February.
The Red Sox open the 2022 Major League Baseball season at the Yankees on Thursday.
The 2022 installment of the classic rivalry will see pitchers Nathan Eovaldi against the Yankees Gerrit Cole.
For the Red Sox ace it will be his third consecutive opening day start.
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