{"id":43773,"date":"2025-04-25T03:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43773"},"modified":"2025-04-25T03:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:07:12","slug":"red-sox-insiders-acknowledge-increasingly-likely-lucas-giolito-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43773","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox insiders acknowledge increasingly likely Lucas Giolito reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Philadelphia Phillies v Boston Red Sox\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5000,h_2812\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jshz1se6c2ck2wpbsn.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Phillies v Boston Red Sox\" width=\"5000\" height=\"2812\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Philadelphia Phillies v Boston Red Sox\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Philadelphia Phillies v Boston Red Sox | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Boston Red Sox&#8217;s starting rotation has nearly reached full strength after a rough stretch of injuries from spring training.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Brayan Bello made his 2025 debut\u00a0on April 22 and Lucas Giolito shouldn&#8217;t be far behind. The Red Sox have awaited Giolito&#8217;s debut since they signed him ahead of the 2024 season, but an unforeseen elbow injury that required season-ending surgery and a pulled hamstring from spring training have\u00a0kept the veteran on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Giolito is\u00a0expected to finally make his Red Sox debut\u00a0sometime during their April 29-May 1 series against the Blue Jays. It would be hard to argue Boston has gotten its money&#8217;s worth out of Giolito&#8217;s contract, since he&#8217;ll debut over a month into the second season of the pact. But Red Sox insiders Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam of\u00a0<em>MassLive<\/em>\u00a0and the &#8220;Fenway Rundown&#8221; podcast shared that he may be around for a third year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">&#8220;It was supposed to be a one-year deal for 2024, but there is an option for next year. If he throws fewer than 140 innings this year \u2014 which, we&#8217;re getting close to that being a lock \u2014 the Red Sox have control over him for 2026 with a $14 million club option,&#8221; Cotillo said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Red Sox have $14 million club option on Lucas Giolito&#8217;s contract if he pitches fewer than 140 innings this season<\/h2>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004 ot-vscat-C0004 \" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1914784973627785218&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fred-sox-insiders-acknowledge-increasingly-likely-lucas-giolito-reality&amp;sessionId=725fce663859d01a241d946b4aa61045f391fb56&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1914784973627785218\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Giolito has already missed a month of work, which he could&#8217;ve used to reach his innings threshold. Garrett Crochet has made five starts as of April 23, and McAdam pointed out that if Giolito had been in the rotation all this time and averaged five to six innings per start, he could&#8217;ve accumulated 25-30 innings of work that would have helped him reach the 140 inning minimum that would guarantee him free agency in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The righty is also just one year removed from the internal brace procedure and hasn&#8217;t pitched in the big leagues since 2023. There are bound to be setbacks after UCL surgery, and since Giolito is so rusty against big league bats, it could further cut his innings this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Red Sox&#8217;s decision to use their option\u00a0should ultimately come down to how well Giolito pitches. If he posts the bounce-back season he and Boston have hoped for, the Sox should exercise their option to keep him around for cheap. Walker Buehler is only on a one-year deal, and if Boston doesn&#8217;t extend or re-sign him, it could be further motivation to keep Giolito for another year to lessen its needs in the free agent or trade market.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Giolito&#8217;s impending return will give the Red Sox the rotation they envisioned during spring training. It will be interesting to see how the year-plus on the shelf affects Giolito&#8217;s performance on the hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia Phillies v Boston Red Sox | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages The Boston Red Sox&#8217;s starting rotation has nearly reached full strength after a rough stretch of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox insiders acknowledge increasingly likely Lucas Giolito reality - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43773\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox insiders acknowledge increasingly likely Lucas Giolito reality - 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