{"id":4422,"date":"2024-11-01T03:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2024-11-01T03:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:23:13","slug":"report-lucas-giolito-makes-obvious-2025-red-sox-contract-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4422","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Lucas Giolito makes obvious 2025 Red Sox contract decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito opts to exercise contract option after missing 2023 season<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><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\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-makes-obvious-2025-contract-decision.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Lucas Giolito has opted to stay with the Red Sox in 2025\" \/><\/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\">Lucas Giolito\u00a0will stay with the\u00a0Boston Red Sox organization\u00a0during the 2025 season, as he exercised his $19 million option, according to an announcement from the team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full\">\n<div class=\"not-prose flex aspect-video w-full items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This development was expected, as it would have made no sense for Giolito to opt for free agency after missing the 2024 season after undergoing elbow surgery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Giolito is expected to be ready to participate in spring training for the Red Sox, but that does not mean he will be ready to pitch at full strength by the start of the season. Giolito will have to pass several tests in order to hold down a spot in the Red Sox rotation. Once that happens, Giolito will have to show he can handle the stress of taking a regular turn as one of the team&#8217;s starting pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Giolito has spent the majority of his 8-year career with the Chicago White Sox. He was known for his ability to take his regular turn in the rotation throughout the majority of his career.<br \/>\nGiolito had 30 or more starts in three consecutive seasons from 2021 through 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He had his best season in 2019 when he had a 14-9 record with a 3.41 earned run average along with 228 strikeouts in 176.1 innings. Giolito made the American League All-Star team that season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The 2023 season was difficult for Giolito<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3101451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3101451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3101451\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lucas-Giolito-has-opted-to-stay-with-the-Boston-Red-Sox.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Lucas Giolito (27) pitches during the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3101451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Red Sox hurler\u00a0has been known as a something of a workhorse prior to his elbow surgery. In addition to his consistency from 2021 through 2023, he also had one other season with 30 or more starts and another year that included 29 starts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was difficult for Giolito to watch his new teammates with the Red Sox without being able to help them in the American League East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-4 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\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard,\u201d he said,\u00a0per Julian McWilliams\u00a0of the\u00a0<em>Boston Globe<\/em>. \u201cIt can be difficult sometimes to juggle the feeling of, like, I obviously signed here, it\u2019s a lot of money, I\u2019m letting people down, vs. this kind of [expletive] that happens in baseball. We blow our elbows out. I didn\u2019t want it to happen now. But it\u2019s kind of the hand you\u2019re dealt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Red Sox had an up and down 2024 regular season, playing well in the first half and looking like a potential playoff team under manager Alex Cora before struggling in the second half. They finished with an 81-81 record that left them in third place in the American League East.<\/p>\n<p>The pitching staff was led by Brayan Bellow, Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford. Bellow had a 14-8 record with a 4.49 ERA, while Houck made the American League All-Star team with a 9-10 record and a 3.12 ERA. Crawford struggled to a 9-16 mark with a 4.36 ERA in 183.2 innings.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito opts to exercise contract option after missing 2023 season Lucas Giolito\u00a0will stay with the\u00a0Boston Red Sox organization\u00a0during the 2025 season, as he&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Lucas Giolito makes obvious 2025 Red Sox contract decision - NEWS USA<\/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:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4422\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: Lucas Giolito makes obvious 2025 Red Sox contract decision - 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