<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-lucas-giolito-out-yankees-series-elbow-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito out for Yankees series with elbow injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Lucas-Giolito-with-Red-Sox.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito out for Yankees series with elbow injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-29T12:08:28-07:00">September 29th, 12:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-29T12:19:33-07:00">September 29th, 12:19pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy is a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints, with expertise in MLB, NHL and golf. Chris graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will square off in the playoffs for the third time in eight years in the American League Wild Card series. While Boston owned the season series, New York earned home-field advantage for all three games. A <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-boston-makes-expected-garrett-crochet-announcement-before-game-1-vs-yankees">pair of lefty aces, Max Fried and Garrett Crochet, will get things started</a>. But if the series goes to Game 3, the Red Sox <a href="https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/1972734531112505450" rel="noopener">will be without</a> Lucas Giolito due to an elbow injury.</p><p>“Lucas Giolito is dealing with an elbow issue and will not be available for the AL Wild Card Series. He would’ve been Boston’s Game 3 starter,” Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reported.</p><p>Red Sox manager Alex Cora also announced that Giolito’s bullpen was cut short, and <a href="https://x.com/bradfo/status/1972737664651792685" rel="noopener">he will be</a> seeing a specialist.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alex Cora announces Lucas Giolito won’t be on Wild Card roster after experiencing elbow discomfort. Had to cut most recent bullpen short. Seeing Dr. Dugas. <a href="https://t.co/bQD5ZywKq7">pic.twitter.com/bQD5ZywKq7</a></p><p>— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/bradfo/status/1972737664651792685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Red Sox will have Crochet and Brayan Bello starting the first two games of the series. If a Game 3 is necessary, Cora will have a tough choice to make. Rookie starter Connelly Early would be on regular rest for Thursday, but it would be only his fifth MLB start. What he has done, a 2.33 ERA in 19.1 innings, is strong enough to consider for the start. Another rookie, Peyton Tolle, could get the start. Regardless of who it is, the Red Sox will be leaning on their bullpen in Game 3.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/lucas-giolito-makes-obvious-2025-red-sox-contract-decision">Giolito was a big free-agent pickup before the 2024 season</a>, but missed the entire year while recovering from Tommy John surgery. Coming into 2025, the spotlight had been moved to Garrett Crochet, but Giolito shone just as bright. His 3.41 ERA ties his career-best in a full season.</p><p>If the Red Sox do beat the Yankees, they will be significantly shorthanded, not having Giolito in the ALDS. Having just two starting pitchers to lean on will make October tougher for the fresh-faced Sox. But can they stun the Yankees regardless?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito out for Yankees series with elbow injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-soxs-lucas-giolito-gets-100-real-on-recent-hot-stretch');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito gets 100% real on recent hot stretch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Boston-Red-Sox-starting-pitcher-Lucas-Giolito.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito gets 100% real on recent hot stretch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-04T13:40:11-07:00">July 4th, 1:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-04T13:40:11-07:00">July 4th, 1:40pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Nationals 11-2 on Friday. The win helps Red Sox manager Alex Cora keep up in the American League East. Despite Boston’s offense, Lucas Giolito might have been the MVP of the game. He pitched nearly eight innings and only gave up one run. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-paul-skenes-pitching-dominance">Garrett Crochet continues to dominate for the Red Sox</a>, Giolito is coming along nicely.</p><p>Giolito got a late start to the season, making his Boston debut at the end of April. After an up-and down month in May, the nine-year pro returned to his former glory in June. He kept the momentum going on Friday, securing his fifth win of the season. At 5-1, Giolito’s record is the best on the team. Crochet is close, but his 8-4 record gives him a lower winning percentage.</p><p>After Giolito missed time with injury, Cora and the rest of the Red Sox’s coaching staff wondered about him. What kind of production could be give <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-lucas-giolito-exits-spring-training-debut-injury">Boston after hamstring and elbow strains</a>? Would be good enough to be the No. 2 starter behind Crochet?</p><p>While those questions were warranted, Giolito’s recent tear has silenced his doubters. He spoke with MLB.com’s Chris Costillo about his performance and said he is <a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2025/07/red-sox-starter-dominates-again-as-long-road-leads-him-back-to-where-mlb-career-began.html" rel="noopener">optimistic about where he is</a> as a pitcher. However, he is not going to rest on his laurels after Friday’s start.</p><p>“Continuing to make good progress and staying consistent,” Giolito said. “That has been my goal, pretty much my whole career. Too much lack of consistency so it’s good to be in that spot. I just want to keep it going.”</p><p>Cora agrees, saying that his pitcher wanted to keep going into the eighth inning.</p><p>“He didn’t want to come out, so I appreciate that,” Cora said. “He’s a competitor. He feels like the more pitches he throws, the better it is for him.”</p><p>Some fans questioned the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-bostons-visit-president-trump-white-house-has-fans-perplexed">Red Sox’s focus when some players went to go meet Donald Trump</a> on Thursday. However, Friday’s performance proved that even without Rafael Devers, Boston is not going anywhere.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito gets 100% real on recent hot stretch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-soxs-lucas-giolito-thinks-roman-anthony-has-a-ton-of-promise-after-multi-hit-performance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Boston-Red-Sox-outfielder-Roman-Anthony-.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-28T18:31:40-07:00">June 28th, 6:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-28T18:31:40-07:00">June 28th, 6:31pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox blew out the Toronto Blue Jays 15-1 on Saturday. After pitching seven shutout innings, Lucas Giolito earned his fourth win of the season. However, he gave most of the credit for the win to Boston’s offense, especially Roman Anthony. The rookie outfielder has struggled since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-boston-calls-top-prospect-roman-anthony">Alex Cora called him up to the major leagues</a>. On Saturday, he played a great game.</p><p>Anthony entered the game with a batting average of .128. After having so much excitement around him when the Red Sox called him up, Boston’s top prospect fell short of expectations. He took advantage of Toronto’s shaky pitching on Saturday though, going 3-for-6 and scoring two runs in the game.</p><p>While talking with reporters after the game, Giolito gave the 21-year-old props for his performance, according to Mass Live’s Chris Costello. In his opinion, Anthony <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1939120327650316473" rel="noopener">has worked hard</a> to overcome a slow start to his Major League Baseball career.</p><p>“He’s probably one of the most mature 21-year-old pro baseball players I’ve ever played with,” Giolito said. “Really good head on his shoulders, very even-keeled. I know up to this point he hasn’t been getting those counting stat results that he’s wanted. But he has been showing a ton of promise, really good at-bats. It’s good to see him do that today.”</p><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/giants-rafael-devers-blockbuster-red-sox-trade">Cora and the Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants</a>, the pressure on Anthony increased. With the face of Boston’s franchise off the team, fans are searching for a new player to get behind. They hope that the trio of Anthony, Kristian Campbell, and Marcelo Mayer can help lead the team into the future.</p><p>While the Red Sox are still under .500, Saturday’s win snapped a six-game losing streak. Cora’s team is only two games out of the last American League Wild Card spot at the halfway point in the season.</p><p>With the trade deadline looming, the pressure is on Cora and the front office to keep the team competitive. Devers’ Boston exit wasn’t pretty, but the Red Sox have started to put it behind them. Third baseman Alex Bregman will return to Boston’s lineup soon, hopefully giving them the offensive kick-start they need.</p><p>If Anthony can ride the momentum of Saturday’s performance into future games, the future is bright. The rookie is just getting started in MLB. Giolito and others are excited to see just how far Anthony and the rest of the Red Sox’s young stars can take them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-rafael-devers-earns-incredible-lucas-giolito-take-amid-position-controversy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox star Rafael Devers earns ‘incredible’ Lucas Giolito take amid position controversy');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Red-Sox-star-Rafael-Devers-swinging.jpg"><figcaption>Peter Aiken-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox star Rafael Devers earns ‘incredible’ Lucas Giolito take amid position controversy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-12T09:19:55-07:00">May 12th, 9:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-12T09:20:21-07:00">May 12th, 9:20am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox grabbed a huge 3-1 victory on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals, with slugger Rafael Devers going deep for the seventh time this season — a projected 440-foot bomb to straightaway center field at Kauffman Stadium.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-rafael-devers-sounds-off-gm-amid-position-controversy">Devers has been in the middle of controversy lately</a> as the Red Sox explore a move to first base for the slugger, who lost his position at the hot corner to Alex Bregman. Following the game, Lucas Giolito, who had a solid start, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/rafael-devers-wilyer-abreu-s-homers-back-lucas-giolito-s-strong-start" rel="noopener">praised Devers.</a></p><p>Via MLB.com:</p><p>“I’m glad he’s on my team and I don’t have to pitch to him anymore,” Giolito said of Devers. “He’s an incredible hitter and we’re very lucky to have him.”</p><p>Red Sox skipper Alex Cora also said Devers is the best DH in the AL at the moment:</p><p>“If you look at the numbers, he’s probably the best DH in the American League right now,” Cora said of Devers.</p><p>Devers was adamant about not losing his spot at third base this past offseason, but Boston was clear on Bregman playing the position instead. John Henry flew to KC on Friday to meet with Devers about playing first after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-triston-casas-il-knee-injury">Triston Casas suffered a season-ending injury</a>. Devers said Thursday he has no interest in doing so.</p><p>It’s an interesting stance, but the reality is Devers is far too important to the Red Sox offensively to make a stink about it. He’s been their DH for every game in 2025. Devers claims Boston isn’t “keeping their word”:</p><p>“I was told he was going to play in this position, designated batsman, and now they’re retracting. So I just don’t think they kept their word.”</p><p>The 28-year-old is batting .280 with seven long balls and 31 RBI. Regardless of how Devers feels right now about first base however, he may need to be a team player and help out if the Red Sox are going to achieve big things this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox star Rafael Devers earns ‘incredible’ Lucas Giolito take amid position controversy

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-reveals-lucas-giolito-return-date');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox manager Alex Cora reveals Lucas Giolito return date');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lucas-Giolito-works-from-the-mound-in-rehab-start-.jpg"><figcaption>WooSox Photo/Ashley Green / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox manager Alex Cora reveals Lucas Giolito return date</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-26T11:24:53-07:00">April 26th, 11:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-26T11:26:02-07:00">April 26th, 11:26am</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Following a brutal year-plus, Lucas Giolito has finally reached the end of a long road to recovery. The veteran starting pitcher is set to make his Boston Red Sox debut.</p><p>After undergoing an internal brace procedure to repair a partial tear in his UCL in 2024 and enduring a hamstring injury in March, Gioltio will <a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2025/04/despite-519-era-boston-red-sox-say-starter-healthy-ready-for-wednesday.html" rel="noopener">join the big-league roster</a> for its upcoming road series versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Although the team could certainly use starting rotation depth, his rehab outings are leaving fans leery.</p><p>Giolito posted a 5.19 ERA in five starts across Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester, walking a startling 13 batters in 17 1/3 innings. The Red Sox are not letting the poor numbers deter them from sending the 2019 All-Star to an MLB mound.</p><p>“Obviously we saw the line but he’s healthy and he’s ready so the plan is for him to be with us in Toronto,” manager Alex Cora said, per MassLive’s Christopher Smith. “Most likely Game 2 (Wednesday).” Boston invested a two-year, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/lucas-giolito-makes-obvious-2025-red-sox-contract-decision">$38.5 million contract in Giolito</a>, so the organization will at least give him a chance to secure a spot in the rotation.</p><p>Though, if he continues to struggle, the team cannot afford to let money dictate its decision-making. Both Hunter Dobbins and Richard Fitts have fared well plugging in for injures starters Giolito, Brayan Bello and Kutter Crawford. They have done enough to create a rotation dilemma.</p><p>Lucas Giolito will now look to render it meaningless when he heads to the Great White North. He finished the 2023 campaign on a sour note, posting 6.89 and 7.04 ERAs with the Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland Guardians, respectively. Hopefully, Boston will get the version of Giolito that twice finished in the top-1o for American League Cy Young voting while on the Chicago White Sox.</p><p>He sports a 4.43 lifetime ERA and 1,077 strikeouts in eight seasons, as he gets set to begin the latest chapter of his MLB career.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
3	18.00	1	3.00	0

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
3	18.00	1	3.00	0

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