You can't even get the thesis right.
1. Sale has alternated great and horrible starts since August 1.
http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx...603&position=P LOOK AT THAT GAME LOG AND TELL ME IT'S NOT A THING.
2. Sale has a history of wearing down over the course of the season.
3. Some posters think his innings may need to be managed in the 2nd half of the season.
4. Having Sale pitch a full 8 innings against a hapless O's lineup with a large lead is just dumb no matter what. After 5 innings, the Sox were up 6 - 0. There was little reason to keep trotting him out. The bullpen was firing on all cylinders at that time.
That one game is just indicative of Farrell not managing the situation well. It's not the sole reason he pitched bad last night.