My expectations for Lucas Giolito before his start on Wednesday were not high. He hadn’t pitched since 2023 and hadn’t been consistently effective since 2021. I won’t pretend I watched any of his rehab outings, but the results weren’t good, and reports weren’t glowing. Had he made it through the lineup twice, holding his velocity throughout the outing and showing some feel for his secondaries, I would have been happy.
But Lucas Giolito had other plans, throwing five shutout innings for the Red Sox against the Blue Jays before running into some trouble in the sixth.