Lucas Giolito Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 6" / 245 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 7/14/1994 (27)
- Experience
- 4
- College
- None
Lucas Giolito Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Lucas Giolito News
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito has rejoined the team and will start on Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals after he's activated from the COVID-19 injured list. Giolito went on the injured list last Friday and shouldn't have any restrictions on his pitch count in his first start back in a good matchup against KC. The 27-year-old right-hander has been solid in his first five starts, allowing eight earned runs on 21 hits (five home runs allowed) while walking nine and striking out 37 in 26 2/3 innings. The strikeouts have been nice, but his 3.77 FIP points a bit of good luck in the early going. Regardless, most fantasy managers will want to get Giolito back in their starting lineups on Wednesday.
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito was sent to the COVID-19 injured list on Friday. Luckily for Giolito, it appears as if his time on the COVID-19 injured list will be short. White Sox manager Tony La Russa spoke to reporters on Monday and stated that there is hope that Giolito will return soon and that he will start either Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader or Wednesday's game. La Russa also said that he didn't want to go with a bullpen game in Game 2 Tuesday. Dylan Cease is slated to start Game 1 on Tuesday and Vince Velasquez is projected as Wednesday's starter. If Giolito isn't ready on Tuesday, Velasquez will likely be bumped up a day.
The Chicago White Sox activated outfielder Andrew Vaughn (hand) from the 10-day injured list on Friday. In a corresponding move, starting pitcher Lucas Giolito was placed on the COVID-19 injured list. Giolito reportedly began experiencing symptoms earlier this week and the expectation is that he will be able to return to the team at some point next week. Vaughn, meanwhile, had been out since late April due to a bruised right hand. He played in two rehab games at Triple-A and homered twice in the second of the two games. We expect him to be in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees.
Batting Order
| 1 | Tim Anderson |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada |
| 3 | AJ Pollock |
| 4 | José Abreu |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal |
| 6 | Gavin Sheets |
| 7 | Leury García |
| 8 | Andrew Vaughn |
| 9 | Adam Engel |
Lucas Giolito Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Tim Anderson |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada |
| 3 | AJ Pollock |
| 4 | José Abreu |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal |
| 6 | Gavin Sheets |
| 7 | Leury García |
| 8 | Andrew Vaughn |
| 9 | Adam Engel |
How long will Chicago White Sox starting pitcherLucas Giolito's ugly past linger in our memories? He is only three seasons removed from a 16% strikeout rate, a 6.13 ERA and a 5.56 FIP. Recent data is always more reliable, and the 249 innings he has thrown since that disastrous season have been nothing less than sparkling. He has posted strikeout rates of 32.3% and 33.7% while keeping the walks to a league-average level. The result of that has been a 3.43 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP overall, earning Giolito Cy Young votes in the last two seasons. One knock you could attempt to put on Giolito is that he has a limited arsenal, throwing just three pitches at significant rates and owing more than 80% of his pitch distribution to his fastball-changeup combination. He is also not a ground-ball pitcher by any stretch of the imagination, with 41.3% and 36% ground-balls rates the last two seasons, respectively. The silver lining is very silver -- he has shown an ability to avoid contact that is nearly untouched, posting contact rates of 65.8% and 69.6% and in-zone contact rates of 74.6% and 77.3% since he turned his career around in 2019. The swinging-strike rates really end the doubts for this analyst, as Giolito has drawn ridiculous 17.3% and 15.0% swinging-strike rates in these last two campaigns, respectively. It is time to forgive the past. Giolito is a fantasy ace that you can draft with confidence.
