Lucas Giolito

Bats R Throws R6'6" 245 lbBorn 1994 Santa Monica, USADebut 2016Team BOS1x All-StarDraft 2012 R1 #16 Washington Nationals, Harvard-Westlake HS (CA)Contract 1 y/$3M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $2,564,516

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	564	21.1	8.5	3.46	20.5	6.70	99.8
2027							100.2
2028							101.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 91 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ian Kennedy	2015	99.0	103.0	818
2	Jon Garland	2010	101.0	94.3	230
3	Alex Cobb	2018	102.1	41.1	60
4	Barry Zito	2008	102.9	102.8	818
5	Michael Wacha	2022	99.8	108.5	553
6	Sean Manaea	2022	101.1	102.7	499
7	Kyle Freeland	2023	96.8	88.1	490
8	Dave Bush	2010	97.1	91.1	166
9	Jeff Francis	2011	97.1	91.3	502
10	Yovani Gallardo	2016	102.7	91.1	578

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BOS	26	0	0	0	0	0
2023	CLE	33	0	0	0	0	0
2022	CWS	30	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CWS	31	4	0	1	0	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	33.2
2020	CWS	12	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CWS	29	4	0	1	2	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	31.9
2018	CWS	32	6	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.5
2017	CWS	7	0	0	0	0	0
2016	WSH	6	6	1	1	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	26.8
Career		206	20	1	3	2	11	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-14.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									564				100.2
2026*									138				85.2	99.6	84.8
2025	BOS	10	4	3.41	26	26	0	145.0	613	17	56	121	104.6	97.7	102.3
2023	CLE	8	15	4.88	33	33	0	184.3	794	41	73	204	92.9	97.9	90.8
2022	CWS	11	9	4.90	30	30	0	161.7	698	24	61	177	89.7	99.2	88.9
2021	CWS	11	9	3.53	31	31	0	178.7	720	27	52	201	109.2	99.0	108.1
2020	CWS	4	3	3.48	12	12	0	72.3	288	8	28	97	120.4	98.1	118.5
2019	CWS	14	9	3.41	29	29	0	176.7	705	24	57	228	113.9	100.1	114.0
2018	CWS	10	13	6.13	32	32	0	173.3	775	27	90	125	89.8	100.1	89.9
2017	CWS	3	3	2.38	7	7	0	45.3	179	8	12	34	113.4	100.2	113.6
2016	WSH	0	1	6.75	6	4	0	21.3	101	7	12	11	67.6	98.9	66.5
Career		71	66	4.30	206	204	0	1158.7	4873	183	441	1198	100.7		99.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	4	105.6	0.0	100.0	62.5	42.9	0.117	0.128	0.108
2019	4	89.2	16.0	0.0	83.3	25.0	0.208	0.246	0.196
2018	6	68.4	30.1	0.0	61.5	50.0	0.048	0.059	0.044
2016	6	85.4	-4.9	20.0	45.5	53.8	0.280	0.330	0.267

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	26	145	7	6	3	1	0.812	-1.7
2023	CLE	P	33	184	1	5	0	1	1.000	-2.0
2022	CWS	P	30	162	5	12	0	1	1.000	-0.7
2021	CWS	P	31	179	1	10	0	0	1.000	-0.9
2020	CWS	P	12	72	2	5	1	0	0.875	-0.7
2019	CWS	P	29	177	4	15	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2018	CWS	P	32	173	14	15	1	0	0.967	+0.1
2017	CWS	P	7	45	2	3	1	0	0.833	+0.0
2016	WSH	P	6	21	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	44	10.0 IP, 11% K	3.60
2026	A	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	33	7.0 IP, 30% K	6.43
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	46	10.1 IP, 20% K	3.56
2025	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Pit	35	7.0 IP, 23% K	7.71
2017	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	551	128.2 IP, 24% K	4.49
2016	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	Pit	149	37.1 IP, 27% K	2.18
2016	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Pit	313	71.0 IP, 23% K	3.17
2016	A	Hagerstown Suns	Pit	26	7.0 IP, 15% K	5.14
2015	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Pit	202	47.1 IP, 22% K	3.82
2015	A+	Potomac Nationals	Pit	292	69.2 IP, 29% K	2.73
2014	A	Hagerstown Suns	Pit	386	98.0 IP, 28% K	2.20
2013	Rk	GCL Nationals	Pit	94	22.2 IP, 27% K	2.84

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.450	0.000		0.225
2019	0.000	0.450		0.225
2018		0.000		0.000
2016	0.900	0.000	0.300	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	0	8.31	1	1	4.3	3	5	4	1.85
2020	1	1.29	1	1	7.0	2	1	8	0.43
Career	1	3.97	2	2	11.3	5	6	12	0.97