Lucas Giolito To Miss Wild Card Series With Elbow Issue

I imagine the Sox now decline the 2026 option while wishing Giolito well in future endeavors.

I do wonder if a club's liability to a player injured  as a result of playing under contract is limited to covering the medical and rehab costs, but not to continuing the expiring contract.

We should have kept him under 140 IP.

21 hours ago, vegasbob said:

I imagine the Sox now decline the 2026 option while wishing Giolito well in future endeavors.

I do wonder if a club's liability to a player injured  as a result of playing under contract is limited to covering the medical and rehab costs, but not to continuing the expiring contract.

We don't know what the "elbow issue" is yet, but I'm guessing it's not good news, and Gioloto could likely need some more surgery.  If by chance it is a minor issue, I'd take a chance on picking up his option.

40 minutes ago, Kimmi said:

We don't know what the "elbow issue" is yet, but I'm guessing it's not good news, and Gioloto could likely need some more surgery.  If by chance it is a minor issue, I'd take a chance on picking up his option.

Apparently he had discomfort a while ago and kept pitching.