Walt Weiss confirms Game 3 start for Chris Sale, plus more pregame news and notes

We now know when Chris Sale's next start will be: It'll be Game 3 instead of Game 2, as Walt Weiss explained in the pregame press conference that he wasn't comfortable with throwing Sale for a full start without him being 100 percent.

"We had a conversation this morning. Look, at the end of the day, we want full-strength Chris Sale," stated Weiss. "I know him at 80 percent is really good, but that's what it came down to. We've given him extra rest all year, and it's served him very well. It allowed him to do what he did the other night, I think all the extra rest he'd gotten. He'd be on normal rest from his last start, but he had the outing in between. Not sure you're getting the best version of him pitching today. We're certain he will pitch in Game 3."

Obviously, the next question from the media on hand at the press conference became whether or not Weiss regretted going to Sale while the Braves were in complete control of the winner-take-all Game 3 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Unsurprisingly, Weiss stuck with his guns in that regard and expressed no regrets about the decision and the ramifications it had for the NLDS.