BOSTON – Chris Sale has come to Boston and done his best Pedro Martinez impersonation. The electric lefty was acquired by Boston from the Chicago White Sox last December for a haul of prospects, and thus far, he’s been worth the high cost.

Sale is striking out an insane 37.4 percent of the batters he’s faced while walking just 4.3 percent, both of which would be career bests. Sale sports a nifty 1.19 ERA, and pitches in front of a rabid fan base in one of the most historic ballparks in the game for a team that has legitimate World Series aspirations. He’s obviously flying high at the moment.

But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have time to help out a young pitcher in need of advice. As I was about to approach Sale to speak to him about his season, I was interrupted by a young man in the stands. It was hours before the game and the stands were barren except for a few Fenway employees, scouts and media members. I assumed he was a fan and was looking for an autograph since Sale told him he didn’t have a ball. Sale looked around the dugout, turned around and saw Mitch Moreland walking by with a bag of balls.

“Hey Mitch, toss me a ball, please,” Sale said.

Moreland flipped him a ball and Sale immediately asked the young man if he was a righty or lefty. Suddenly I realized he wasn’t giving the guy an autograph, but a lesson. The young man said he’s a righty and explained that he is 24 years old and starting pro ball in an Indy League this summer.

“Just chasing my dream,” he told Sale.

Sale said good for him and beckoned him to come closer. He went over to the side of the dugout as Sale showed him how he grips his slider now as opposed to how he did it in the past and why it works better now.

“Don’t reveal my secrets!” Sale joked to me and another person taking pictures of the meeting.

Sale is getting a crazy 51.7 percent whiff/swing on the pitch, so it was a wise move for the youngster to try and glean any sort of knowledge from Sale.

A 24-year-old kid who says he plays in an Indy League asked Sale how he throws his slider. He just spent five minutes showing him pic.twitter.com/IUuVuhriBp — Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) April 29, 2017

After the five-minute session, the young pitcher thanked Sale. I asked Sale if he had a moment to chat, but he had to get some work done. I told him what he did for that young man was pretty nice and he smiled.

“I don’t have all the answers, but I do what I can,” he told me before heading back into the clubhouse.

I looked up to try and speak with the aspiring pitcher, but he’d apparently vanished into the bowels of Fenway as well. But if you hear of a 24-year-old Indy Leaguer with a nasty slider working his way through the ranks, you’ll know where he learned the pitch.