ATLANTA -- Chris Sale’s great season was rewarded on Wednesday night, when he was announced as a First Team selection to the 2026 All-MLB Team.
The First and Second Team selections were announced during the MLB Awards show presented by MGM Rewards, which was staged at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Sale was the only Braves player to gain the All-MLB Team honor, which recognizes the best players at each position.
The Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski, the Yankees' Cam Schlittler, the Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease and the Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez were the other starting pitchers honored with First Team selections this year.
It’s the second All-MLB Team selection for Sale, who also was named to the First Team in 2024.
Now in its eighth season, the All-MLB Team accounts for success over the regular season. Balloting consisted of votes cast by both fans and a panel of experts.
Sale -- who finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting announced earlier Wednesday -- ranked third among qualified MLB pitchers in ERA (2.16), fifth in WHIP (0.98), 11th in strikeouts (200) and 12th in batting average against (.215).
Sale secured his 200th strikeout against the final batter he faced in the regular season on Sept. 23 against the Reds.
Sale joined his idol Randy Johnson as the only left-handed pitchers in MLB history who have recorded nine 200-plus-strikeout seasons. Nolan Ryan (15), Johnson (13), Roger Clemens (12) and Tom Seaver (10) are the only pitchers with more.