The Boston Red Sox will be missing one of their key starting pitchers for the foreseeable future.
On Monday, it was announced that Lucas Giolito will not be available for the Wild Card series against the New York Yankees. Then on Tuesday, manager Alex Cora confirmed that the team does not expect Giolito to pitch at all in October.
“It seems like it’s not as bad as we thought in the beginning, but we’re still gathering information,” Cora said. “Hopefully it’s just rest. But obviously it doesn’t seem like he’s going to be able to pitch in October.”
Following the Red Sox’s win over the Yankees on Tuesday night, Lucas Giolito provided an update on his condition. While he appears to have avoided the worst-case scenario of needing elbow surgery, he mentioned that his flexor is currently “irritated,” according to a transcript by Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com.
The Red Sox got some bad news about Lucas Giolito this week
“It has obviously been devastating,” Giolito said. “Going through what happened last year, grinding back and then being able to help this team be in the position we’re in here now, there was no other thought in my mind than to continue to do what I was doing in the postseason. To have that ripped away from you, it’s a tough one to deal with…
“In layman’s terms, my flexor is very irritated and — this is hard to be to describe — but there’s weird stuff going on with my bone,“ Giolito said. I was told, ‘You’ve got to stop throwing and let it calm down…It’s pretty interesting… The good news is that structurally, everything was checked out and good, which was a small relief in a very unfortunate situation … Any time a pitcher injures their elbow, that’s the worst fear. For that to be confirmed that it’s not the case, it was a big relief.”
Losing Giolito is another brutal blow for Boston. He, along with Garrett Crochet and Brayan Bello, were the team’s most dependable starting pitchers all season. Boston wouldn’t be in the playoffs right now without the work that Giolito put in throughout the season. Hopefully, he’s able to make a full recovery quickly. He has some question marks ahead with a $19 million mutual option and this injury surely will play a role.
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