White Sox ace Chris Sale has been cleared to make his season debut Sunday against the Twins after missing Opening Day due to an avulsion fracture in his foot, MLB.com reports.
"It's behind me," Sale said of his foot injury Wednesday. "I was hurt. I'm not hurt any more. It's time to take the blinders off and run the race."
Sale wasn't able to face big-league hitters at any point during spring training, but he doesn't anticipate that being a problem moving forward.
"Knock on wood, I feel better than I have and it saves some bullets," Sale said. "I don't know how much emphasis I'm going to put on not having all the innings that some of the other guys have, but I'm hoping it means my arm just feels a little better than theirs does. Got to save a few bullets and hopefully they come out in October."
Sale finished third in the AL Cy Young voting last season after going 12-4 with a 2.17 ERA and 208:39 K:BB ratio in 174 innings over 26 starts.