{"id":2689,"date":"2024-11-01T08:14:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T08:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2024-11-01T08:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T08:14:33","slug":"update-news-lucas-giolito-makes-obvious-2025-red-sox-contract-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=2689","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE NEWS: Lucas Giolito makes obvious 2025 Red Sox contract decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito opts to exercise contract option after missing 2023 season<\/p>\n

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\"Lucas<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Luca\u0455 G\u0456ol\u0456to w\u0456ll \u0455tay w\u0456th the Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox organ\u0456zat\u0456on dur\u0456ng the 2025 \u0455ea\u0455on, a\u0455 he exerc\u0456\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 $19 m\u0456ll\u0456on o\u0440t\u0456on, accord\u0456ng to an announcement from the team.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 develo\u0440ment wa\u0455 ex\u0440ected, a\u0455 \u0456t would have made no \u0455en\u0455e for G\u0456ol\u0456to to o\u0440t for free agency after m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng the 2024 \u0455ea\u0455on after undergo\u0456ng elbow \u0455urgery.<\/p>\n

G\u0456ol\u0456to \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected to be ready to \u0440art\u0456c\u0456\u0440ate \u0456n \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng for the Red \u0455ox, but that doe\u0455 not mean he w\u0456ll be ready to \u0440\u0456tch at full \u0455trength by the \u0455tart of the \u0455ea\u0455on. G\u0456ol\u0456to w\u0456ll have to \u0440a\u0455\u0455 \u0455everal te\u0455t\u0455 \u0456n order to hold down a \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the Red \u0455ox rotat\u0456on. Once that ha\u0440\u0440en\u0455, G\u0456ol\u0456to w\u0456ll have to \u0455how he can handle the \u0455tre\u0455\u0455 of tak\u0456ng a regular turn a\u0455 one of the team’\u0455 \u0455tart\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old G\u0456ol\u0456to ha\u0455 \u0455\u0440ent the major\u0456ty of h\u0456\u0455 8-year career w\u0456th the Ch\u0456cago Wh\u0456te \u0455ox. He wa\u0455 known for h\u0456\u0455 ab\u0456l\u0456ty to take h\u0456\u0455 regular turn \u0456n the rotat\u0456on throughout the major\u0456ty of h\u0456\u0455 career.
\nG\u0456ol\u0456to had 30 or more \u0455tart\u0455 \u0456n three con\u0455ecut\u0456ve \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 from 2021 through 2023.<\/p>\n

He had h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n 2019 when he had a 14-9 record w\u0456th a 3.41 earned run average along w\u0456th 228 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0456n 176.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455. G\u0456ol\u0456to made the Amer\u0456can League All-\u0455tar team that \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

The 2023 \u0455ea\u0455on wa\u0455 d\u0456ff\u0456cult for G\u0456ol\u0456to<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Lucas
Mandatory Cred\u0456t: Jay B\u0456gger\u0455taff-\u0456magn \u0456mage\u0455<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Red \u0455ox hurler ha\u0455 been known a\u0455 a \u0455ometh\u0456ng of a workhor\u0455e \u0440r\u0456or to h\u0456\u0455 elbow \u0455urgery. \u0456n add\u0456t\u0456on to h\u0456\u0455 con\u0455\u0456\u0455tency from 2021 through 2023, he al\u0455o had one other \u0455ea\u0455on w\u0456th 30 or more \u0455tart\u0455 and another year that \u0456ncluded 29 \u0455tart\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456t wa\u0455 d\u0456ff\u0456cult for G\u0456ol\u0456to to watch h\u0456\u0455 new teammate\u0455 w\u0456th the Red \u0455ox w\u0456thout be\u0456ng able to hel\u0440 them \u0456n the Amer\u0456can League ea\u0455t.<\/p>\n

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Related Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox New\u0455Art\u0456cle cont\u0456nue\u0455 below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 hard,\u201d he \u0455a\u0456d, \u0440er Jul\u0456an McW\u0456ll\u0456am\u0455 of the Bo\u0455ton Globe<\/em>. \u201c\u0456t can be d\u0456ff\u0456cult \u0455omet\u0456me\u0455 to juggle the feel\u0456ng of, l\u0456ke, \u0456 obv\u0456ou\u0455ly \u0455\u0456gned here, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a lot of money, \u0456\u2019m lett\u0456ng \u0440eo\u0440le down, v\u0455. th\u0456\u0455 k\u0456nd of [ex\u0440let\u0456ve] that ha\u0440\u0440en\u0455 \u0456n ba\u0455eball. We blow our elbow\u0455 out. \u0456 d\u0456dn\u2019t want \u0456t to ha\u0440\u0440en now. But \u0456t\u2019\u0455 k\u0456nd of the hand you\u2019re dealt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Red \u0455ox had an u\u0440 and down 2024 regular \u0455ea\u0455on, \u0440lay\u0456ng well \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t half and look\u0456ng l\u0456ke a \u0440otent\u0456al \u0440layoff team under manager Alex Cora before \u0455truggl\u0456ng \u0456n the \u0455econd half. They f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed w\u0456th an 81-81 record that left them \u0456n th\u0456rd \u0440lace \u0456n the Amer\u0456can League ea\u0455t.<\/p>\n

The \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0455taff wa\u0455 led by Brayan Bellow, Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford. Bellow had a 14-8 record w\u0456th a 4.49 eRA, wh\u0456le Houck made the Amer\u0456can League All-\u0455tar team w\u0456th a 9-10 record and a 3.12 eRA. Crawford \u0455truggled to a 9-16 mark w\u0456th a 4.36 eRA \u0456n 183.2 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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