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The Boston Red Sox placed star pitcher Chris Sale on the 10-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation Authentic Josh Allen Jersey , the team announced Saturday.Reliever Brandon Workman took Sale's place on the 25-man roster.The 29-year-old Sale has been nothing short of superb for Boston in two seasons. In 2017, he went 17-8 with a 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and a whopping 308 strikeouts in 214.1 innings. That didn't translate to the postseason, however鈥攈e gave up nine earned runs in 9.2 innings across two appearances (one start) as the Red Sox were eliminated in five games by the Houston Astros in an American League Division Series.It was a disappointing showing in Sale's first playoffs, though he came back with a bang in 2018 and has arguably been even better than last season, going 12-4 with a 1.97 ERA, 0.85 WHIP and 219 strikeouts in 146 innings.He's also been mostly healthy until this point, though inflammation in his left shoulder cost him some time in early August.Without Sale, the Red Sox's title ambitions would take a major hit.While the team has solid options behind him in Rick Porcello, David Price and Eduardo Rodriguez鈥攁nd one of the best offenses in baseball鈥擲ale is the team's ace and the front-runner for the American League Cy Young Award. WASHINGTON (AP) Bryce Harper is still a member of the Washington Nationals http://www.billscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-josh-allen-jersey , with the two-time defending NL East champions hoping he can lead them on another playoff run after a season-long funk.Washington opted not to trade Harper, who’ll be a free agent after the season, after listening to offers for him. The Nationals didn’t do much else, either, before Tuesday’s trade deadline, shipping out a relief pitcher but otherwise standing pat as the two teams ahead of them in the division – Atlanta and Philadelphia – made moves to upgrade their rosters.General manager Mike Rizzo said he had discussions with other teams about a litany of players and Harper was one of them, with several teams having more than a passing interest. He said the team did its due diligence on Harper and five or six other players, but there wasn’t a deal that made sense.”It would have to be a spectacular set of circumstances for us to move a player of Bryce Harper’s ability level, and we didn’t get anything that met those qualifications,” Rizzo said.Rizzo said after reports surfaced that the team was looking to trade Harper Cheap Tre'Davious White Jersey , he told the 25-year-old outfielder Monday night that he wasn’t going anywhere.Harper said he was glad to be staying in Washington.”I think whenever you hear your name or see your name on stuff you always wonder, but I think that’s just the business side of the game,” Harper said. ”It’s part of the game.”Washington’s only move was to send late-inning reliever Brandon Kintzler to the Chicago Cubs for a minor league pitcher, one year after acquiring Kintzler from the Twins.The Nationals open a two-game series against the Mets having gone 10-14 in July, but they’re still within striking distance of the Braves and Phillies. Atlanta added pitchers Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day from the Orioles Tuesday, and the Phillies picked up former Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos from the Rays.”I think it’s fine,” Harper said of Washington essentially standing pat. ”I think we’ve played some of the worst baseball we can and we’re only 5 games back, and we’re getting our whole team back and hopefully (closer Sean) Doolittle back here pretty soon and (Stephen Strasburg) as well.”A six-time All-Star, Harper is hitting just .220 but has 25 home runs, tied for second in the NL entering Tuesday’s games.”I’m very happy to write Bryce’s name in the lineup still and looking forward to writing it in every day Authentic Tre'Davious White Jersey ,” manager Dave Martinez said.Rizzo said the Nationals made their deadline move early – acquiring closer Kelvin Herrera from the Royals on June 18. With 57 games left, Rizzo’s inaction delivered a message.”I think it tells the team that we believe in the squad that we have, the 25 guys that are in that clubhouse we’ve felt all along have a chance to win this division,” he said. ”We’re the two-time defending champs, we’ve got the bulls-eye on our back and we’ve got the crown on our head. Until someone takes it away from us, we’re still the champs.”—