{"id":32394,"date":"2025-03-12T02:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T02:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32394"},"modified":"2025-03-12T02:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T02:04:57","slug":"lucas-giolito-exits-red-sox-spring-training-debut-with-new-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32394","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Giolito exits Red Sox spring training debut with new injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-col px-4 pt-4 font-secondary lg:px-0\">\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Lucas Giolito&#8217;s return to the mound lasted one inning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-row gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col lg:max-w-[660px]\">\n<div class=\"px-4 pb-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-between gap-4  font-secondary md:items-center \">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm md:text-nowrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Red-Sox-news-Lucas-Giolito-exits-spring-training-debut-with-new-injury.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Lucas Giolito (Red Sox) looking concerned, first aid kit and JetBlue Park (Boston spring training) background\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">Boston Red Sox\u00a0pitcher\u00a0Lucas Giolito&#8217;s long-awaited return\u00a0to Major League Baseball lasted only one inning before the team was\u00a0forced to pull him\u00a0from his first\u00a0spring training game with left hamstring tightness.<\/p>\n<p>Giolito started Boston&#8217;s contest on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies, giving up two runs on one hit and two walks before his day ended prematurely. He threw only 10 of his 24 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran righty signed with the Red Sox in January 2024 but did not appear in a game last season. Now recovered from internal brace surgery on his right elbow, Giolito has a chance to pitch himself into the Red Sox&#8217; rotation plans. The Red Sox have not yet revealed how severe they think the injury to be, but we will no doubt find out more after the game.<\/p>\n<p>If Giolito is, in fact, able to get through this setback relatively unscathed, he will have a chance to prove he is still the pitcher that collected Cy Young votes for the Chicago White Sox three years in a row from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-2 divide-y divide-solid divide-[#58585820] bg-[#FAFAFA] px-4 pt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">His final season in Chicago, however, did not go as planned. In 30 starts, he went 11-9 with a 4.90 ERA. He followed that up in 2023 by leading the league in home runs allowed (41) as the White Sox dealt him to the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline. The Cleveland Guardians selected him off waivers a month later, where he appeared in six games and had a 7.04 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox took a chance on him that offseason, giving him $19 million with a\u00a0$14 million player option\u00a0for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year definitely had its\u00a0ups and downs, challenges mentally and emotionally,\u201d Giolito told The Athletic in January. \u201cBeing away from the game like that was super tough, but it gave me that motivation to put the work in and do everything I can to put myself in the best position for success this year. I\u2019m really looking forward to it and putting this uniform on and stepping on the mound of Fenway for the first time. It\u2019s gonna be a special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Giolito&#8217;s return to the mound lasted one inning. 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