So what was really the deal with Chris Sale?

In some ways, it feels weird to re-litigate this after the Braves won in Game 2 without Chris Sale starting, but what happened feels so weird that I still can’t wrap my head around it. We basically have two things in play: First, Chris Sale has gotten extra rest ahead of many of his starts this season. He hasn’t started on the standard four days’ rest very much. Second, Chris Sale appeared out of the bullpen to finish off the NL Wild Card Series win over the Phillies. There was a logical world where that appearance functioned as a normal…