Lucas Giolito Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 6" / 245 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 7/14/1994 (29)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- None
Lucas Giolito Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Lucas Giolito News
FanSided's Robert Murray says that the Los Angeles Dodgers have interest in free-agent right-hander Lucas Giolito this offseason as they look for starting-rotation depth heading into the 2024 campaign. Walker Buehler missed all of 2023 while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, and Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) is a free agent and is expected to miss around half the season. Giolito, 29, started last season with the Chicago White Sox before being traded to the Los Angeles Angles and then claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Guardians. It was a second straight down year for the right-handed hurler with a 4.88 ERA (5.27 FIP) and 1.31 WHIP overall, but he was an All-Star in 2019 and was in the AL Cy Young running from 2019-21.
Cleveland Guardians right-hander Lucas Giolito was shelled in a 20-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Monday. Making his first start for Cleveland, Giolito allowed nine runs on seven hits over three innings while striking out three and walking three. He served up three homers, including a grand slam to third baseman Royce Lewis, in the disastrous outing. Giolito has struggled for much of the season and now has a 7-12 record, 4.88 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, and 168 strikeouts across 156 2/3 innings of work. He will look to regroup in his next start, which comes on Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels.
Cleveland Guardians right-hander Lucas Giolito, who was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, will make his debut for Cleveland in the series opener on Monday against the division-rival Minnesota Twins. Giolito wasn't very good in his six starts for the Halos, surrendering 28 runs (25 earned) on 33 hits (10 home runs) while walking 15 and striking out 34 in 32 2/3 innings. The Guardians are hoping they're getting the version of Giolito when he was with the Chicago White Sox earlier this year, as he went 6-6 with the Pale Hose with a 3.79 ERA (4.44 FIP), 1.22 WHIP, 42 walks and 131 strikeouts in 121 innings over 21 starts. The move to the weak American League Central should be good news for the 29-year-old as he closes out his 2023 season.
Lucas Giolito Stats
Last 10 Games
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito will head into the 2023 season as a potential rebound candidate after struggling on the mound this past year. The veteran made 30 starts for the White Sox in 2022, logging 161.2 innings and pitching to a 4.90 ERA, a 4.06 FIP, 177 strikeouts, and 61 walks in the process. Overall, his strikeout numbers decreased, his walks increased and his ERA ballooned considerably. Still, there's some reason to believe a bounce-back season of sorts is in the cards. That's not to say Giolito is a lock to once again register an ERA south of 3.60, as he did in 2019, 2020, and 2021, but his 4.06 FIP this past year wasn't all that far off from his 2021 FIP of 3.79. And that's all without mentioning a BABIP that spiked nearly .070 points from .269 in 2021 to .340 last year. Some of Giolito's bounce-back potential could be tied to improved results from his slider. After generating a 38.3% whiff rate and a -9 run value in 2021, the pitch logged a 30.8% whiff rate and a +5 run value during the 2022 season. Given his recent FIP, and provided his slider can regain some of its past effectiveness, Giolito could be an interesting rotation for fantasy managers in the later rounds of drafts this spring.
