<!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', '/white-sox-rumors-lucas-giolito-white-sox-future-gets-a-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rumor: Lucas Giolito’s White Sox future gets a pivotal update');   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/2023/05/Lucas-Giolito_s-Chicago-future-gets-a-major-update.jpg"></figure><h1>Rumor: Lucas Giolito’s White Sox future gets a pivotal update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-28T12:36:37-07:00">May 28th, 12:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-28T17:54:27-07:00">May 28th, 5:54pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Not much has gone the Chicago White Sox’s way over the first half of the 2023 season, which has prompted many to predict that they will be sellers ahead of this year’s MLB trade deadline.</p><p>In his weekly “Nightengale’s notebook” column, USA Today Sports’ Bob Nightengale <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/05/28/mlb-memorial-day-what-we-know-rays/70264449007/" rel="noopener">shared updates</a> on multiple “top trade candidates,” including White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito. Nightengale noted that Chicago has “no current plans” to keep the veteran right-hander in free agency.</p><p>Giolito’s future with the White Sox has been up in the air since the conclusion of the 2022 season. He is set to become a free agent for the first time in his career after the ongoing 2023 campaign. He signed off on a one-year, $10.4 million deal with Chicago in January to avoid arbitration for this season.</p><p>Giolito is well <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-lucas-giolito-wants-give-it-his-all-2023" rel="noopener">aware</a> that he will soon have to make a pivotal decision regarding his future in the majors.</p><p>“It’s obviously a possibility, right?” Giolito said in February. “Anything is possible. That’s definitely on my mind here and there, but it’s kind of like circling back to the five days.</p><p>“I can worry about free agency and all that stuff after the season is over. If this is my last season, I want to give it my absolute best effort. I want to go out there. I want to be consistent. I want to help this team win. That’s really it. That’s what I’ve been trying to do for years. I wish I did a better job. But now, I’m going to give it my all.”</p><p>The White Sox may not have a shortage of suitors interested in acquiring Giolito if they decide to make him available in the coming months. MLB insider Jon Heyman <a href="https://www.audacy.com/670thescore/sports/chicago-white-sox/heyman-giolito-would-have-a-market-if-white-sox-sell" rel="noopener">noted</a> earlier this month that the hurler “would have a market” if Chicago were to open the door to offers for him.</p><p>Giolito has been one of the White Sox’s workhorse starters as of late. He has posted a 3.98 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched this season. He also leads all qualified starting pitchers on the team in several stats, including ERA+ (110).</p><p>The White Sox currently sit in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-michael-kopech-drops-bold-take-as-chicago-creeps-up-on-twins-after-brutal-start" rel="noopener">fourth place</a> in the AL Central standings with a 22-32 record.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rumor: Lucas Giolito’s White Sox future gets a pivotal update

<!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', '/3-reasons-chicago-must-must-not-deal-away-lucas-giolito-ahead-of-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '3 reasons White Sox must deal away Lucas Giolito ahead of trade deadline');   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/2023/05/X-reasons-Chicago-must-must-not-deal-away-Lucas-Giolito-ahead-of-trade-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>3 reasons White Sox must deal away Lucas Giolito ahead of trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-09T12:31:31-07:00">May 9th, 12:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-09T12:31:31-07:00">May 9th, 12:31pm</time><address><a>Liam Hanley</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Just two years removed from a 93-win season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox" rel="noopener">Chicago White Sox</a> struggled in 2022 due to injuries. Still, they entered the 2023 MLB season with the expectation of challenging for the AL Central title.</p><p>Instead, the Sox currently sit at 12-24—the third-worst record in baseball—with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-luis-robert-benched-lack-of-hustle" rel="noopener">signs of discontent</a> already beginning to show.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Not the best look for Luis Robert Jr. <a href="https://t.co/8vLFU9FnDk">pic.twitter.com/8vLFU9FnDk</a></p><p>— Casey Drottar (@CDrottar19) <a href="https://twitter.com/CDrottar19/status/1652454980958257155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The White Sox built a strong contender over the last few seasons, signing the likes of Liam Hendriks, Dallas Keuchel and Yasmani Grandal to a home-grown core of Jose Abreu, Tim Anderson, Luis Robert and Eloy Jimenez. On paper, that group seemed like a World Series contender. But Keuchel and Grandal never found their previous form, while Anderson, Robert Jimenez played just 504 of 972 possible games across the 2021 and 2022 seasons.</p><p>This year, the bottom dropped out for Chicago. The White Sox have the second-worst team ERA, trailing only the lowly Oakland Athletics. During their seven-game losing streak in April, the Sox’ average margin of defeat was 5.7 runs per game.</p><p>As if its labors were not bad enough, Chicago is also in the unenviable position of having the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/farm-system-rankings-2023-preseason" rel="noopener">26th-ranked farm system</a>, leaving little hope for the next few seasons.</p><p>The month of May seems a bit early to throw in the proverbial towel, but at this point of the season, the White Sox have more ability to negotiate a trade on their terms without dealing with the frenzy of the trade deadline.</p><p>In short: It is time for the White Sox to rebuild and recoup their losses. Here are three reasons why Chicago must trade Lucas Giolito.</p><h2><b>Giolito is a free agent after 2023</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-yasmani-grandal-liam-hendriks-uplifting-message" rel="noopener">Numerous White Sox players</a> enter free agency after this season. Hendriks, Anderson and Lance Lynn all have club options, while Giolito and Yasmani Grandal both become unrestricted free agents. Grandal is 34 and has failed to live up to expectations on the South Side of Chicago, leaving Giolito (age 28) as the White Sox’ most valuable trade asset.</p><p>Giolito is entering his prime and will command at least $20 million a year on the open market. That’s not a figure a rebuilding White Sox team will want to pay. Should Chicago keep the right-hander for the rest of the season, that means a high-caliber pitcher will be leaving without the club receiving trade compensation.</p><h2><b>Giolito isn’t the same as he once was</b></h2><p>For a period of time, Giolito was a Cy Young candidate. After posting a 6.13 ERA during his first full year as a starter in 2018, Giolito recorded 228 strikeouts during his breakout season in 2019.</p><p>The right-hander, along with the rest of the White Sox, struggled in 2022. His 4.90 ERA was his worst since that 2018 season. Giolito has bounced back this year with a solid sub-four ERA, but has failed to return to the Cy Young-level hurling he previously reached. During his elite years in 2019 and 2020, Giolito’s strikeout rate sat around 32%. In the three years since this rate has been 26%, dropping to only 23% this season.</p><p>Giolito is still a very good pitcher, just not as good as he once was.</p><h2><b>Time for the White Sox to rebuild</b></h2><p>As mentioned before, Chicago is in the precarious position of being a struggling team with a weak farm system. Fortunately for the Sox, they still have a talented roster. Giolito has been far healthier than the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-eloy-jimenez-hospitalized-abdominal-pain" rel="noopener">injury-prone core</a> of Anderson, Jimenez, and Robert, keeping his trade value high despite free agency looming.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 reasons White Sox must deal away Lucas Giolito ahead of trade deadline

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox <a href="https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1650547848994275330" rel="noopener">placed</a> SP Lucas Giolito on the Bereavement List ahead of their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-white-sox-blue-jays-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-4-24-2023" rel="noopener">series opener</a> against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, per the White Sox Twitter. RP Joe Kelly was also reinstated from the 15-day injured list ahead of the series.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-lucas-giolito-makes-depressing-mlb-the-show-admission" rel="noopener">Giolito endured a down year</a> in 2022. He has continued to struggle in 2023, entering Monday with a 4.50 ERA through 28 innings pitched. It is still early in the season though, and Giolitio has the ceiling to be one of the best pitchers in the game. Chicago is hopeful that he will find his footing soon.</p><p>Kelly also labored throughout the 2022 campaign in his first year with the White Sox. Through three games in 2023, Kelly has failed to turn the corner and currently owns a 10.13 ERA. However, as aforementioned, he’s only appeared in three games this season. Kelly may be able to get back on track following his stint on the IL.</p><p>Overall, the White Sox have underperformed in 2023 up to this point. They will come into their series against Toronto with a lackluster 7-15 record on the season. They have lost four games in a row and were most recently swept over the weekend by the Tampa Bay Rays.</p><p>The Blue Jays, meanwhile, own a respectable 13-9 record in 2023. Toronto features an impressive lineup and solid pitching rotation.</p><p>The White Sox will endure difficulty trying to upset the Blue Jays in Toronto during this series, especially without Lucas Giolito. Nevertheless, the Sox will try their best to defy the odds.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox make big Lucas Giolito, Joe Kelly moves ahead of Blue Jays series

<!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', '/white-sox-news-lucas-giolito-makes-depressing-mlb-the-show-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'White Sox’ Lucas Giolito makes depressing MLB The Show admission');   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/2023/04/lucas-giolito-white-sox-white-sox-lucas-giolito-mlb-the-show-lucas-giolito-mlb-the-show-.jpg"></figure><h1>White Sox’ Lucas Giolito makes depressing MLB The Show admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-24T09:14:10-07:00">April 24th, 9:14am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-24T09:14:10-07:00">April 24th, 9:14am</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland and now resides in Los Angeles, as he recently received his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; Tv from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-yandy-diaz-leaves-game-vs-white-sox-after-injury-scare" rel="noopener">Chicago White Sox</a> pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-lucas-giolito-breaks-silence-jose-abreus-chicago-departure" rel="noopener">Lucas Giolito</a> is off to an up and down start to the 2023 MLB Season. He has two quality starts through five outings, something he certainly would have wanted more of after a rough 2022 season. In fact, it seems he can’t avoid the remnants of his 2022 campaign in just reality, but also <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1650524584775495681?s=20" rel="noopener">in the video game</a> MLB The Show.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lucas Giolito uses MLB The Show to prepare for games but this year it's gotten tougher because they lowered his rating <a href="https://t.co/WWQbQChkNj">pic.twitter.com/WWQbQChkNj</a></p><p>— Chris Rose Sports (@ChrisRoseSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1650524584775495681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I had a down last year, so they made me like a 70 overall. So it’s like way harder to pitch with myself than it used to be. I think on MLB The Show I used to be in the low 80s for my overall rating, and I could throw a slider and it would go in the general direction that I aimed. Now they made me really shitty, and when I was preparing for my Twins game it was actually hilarious, because I knew that the slider would be an important pitch for me against the Twins…the pitch [slider] would be hanging right down the middle [in MLB the Show].”</p><p>Giolito seems to be fighting through his woes from last season on both the real and digital mound. He speaks with a hint of facetiousness, although both him and the White Sox are certainly hoping for better production from the pitcher. Through his five outings, Giolito has pitched to a 4.50 ERA after throwing to a 4.90 ERA in the 2022 season.</p><p>This is unfortunate for White Sox fans who have watched their team in general stumble to a 7-15 start to the 2023 campaign. 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White Sox’ Lucas Giolito makes depressing MLB The Show admission

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Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and love discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox didn’t have a great 2022 season, and heading into the offseason, it was clear they didn’t necessarily have the assets to make several big moves to fix their roster. They have made some <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-benintendi-white-sox-deal#:~:text=Chicago%20signs%20long%2Dcoveted%20outfielder,5%2Dyear%2C%20%2475%20million%20contract&amp;text=CHICAGO%20%2D%2D%20Andrew%20Benintendi%20and,given%20out%20in%20franchise%20history." rel="noopener">big moves</a>, but they also have lost some key players, with the biggest loss being longtime first baseman Jose Abreu, who opted to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-jose-abreu-joins-houston-for-2023-world-series-defense-in-free-agency-bombshell" rel="noopener">sign with the Houston Astros</a> in free agency. Many folks weren’t happy to see Abreu leave, including star pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-lucas-giolito-highlights-changes-for-2023-poised-for-rebound" rel="noopener">Lucas Giolito</a>.</p><p>Giolito was one of several players on Chicago who struggled last season (11-9, 4.90 ERA, 177 K, 1.44 WHIP) but the hope is that he can re emerge as a Cy Young candidate once again in 2023. However, the Sox are going to need a lot more help if they want to find their way back to the postseason, but things have been made a lot more difficult for them now that Abreu has decided to join Houston, and Giolito broke the silence on what he felt when he found out Abreu was joining the Astros.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lucas Giolito discusses how big of a loss José Abreu is to the White Sox clubhouse <a href="https://t.co/2asinXJwuc">pic.twitter.com/2asinXJwuc</a></p><p>— Chris Rose Sports (@ChrisRoseSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1620816898194657280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Abreu had been the anchor of Chicago’s lineup over the past nine seasons, and losing him is going to hurt the team dearly. Abreu put together another strong season in 2022 (.304 BA, 15 HR, 75 RBI, .824 OPS) but it still wasn’t enough to will the White Sox to the playoffs. Now they have to find a way to make it back to the postseason without Abreu leading their lineup.</p><p>Again, the Sox could be in a good spot if they manage to get some bounce back seasons across their roster, but losing consistent producers is never good, and that’s precisely what Abreu was. Giolito’s feelings are pretty much in line with what most fans were likely feeling when they heard the Abreu news, but the team can’t sulk because of his decision, and they must work on finding a way to replace Abreu in 2023 and beyond.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
44	3.07	21	1.09	0

2023 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
44	3.07	21	1.09	0

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