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Pitching for Team USA in WBC intrigues Sale
- Updated: September 24, 2016
CLEVELAND — White Sox pitchers Chris Sale and Jose Quintana could pitch against either during Spring Training, and that scenario might take place without the team rebuilding and trading away one of their top two starters.
Quintana already has expressed an interest in being part of the 2017 World Baseball Classic with his native Colombia, a country which qualified for the first time for the competition. And while Sale isn’t sure, the proposition of pitching for Team USA certainly interests the perennial Cy Young candidate.
“It seems like a fun experience,” Sale told MLB.com. “I’ve always heard really good things about it. I would definitely have to put some thought into that before I jumped to one side or the other, before I say yes or no 100 percent either way.
“But I’m very intrigued by it. I definitely don’t want to rule it out but I definitely don’t want to put my hand out there right now.”
The Dominican Republic and Canada join the United States and Colombia as part of The Classic’s Pool C, with competition taking place from March 9-12 at Marlins Park in Miami. …
