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Lucas Giolito pitched on a MLB mound for the first time since 2023 last week when he took the ball on Wednesday against the Blue Jays. What we saw was an impressive first performance that had me trying to add him in leagues where I didn’t have him stashed.
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There were two things I saw that I liked. The first was that Giolito averaged 93.3 mph with his four-seam fastball, and that velocity has been important for him on that pitch over his career. When Giolito dips down under 92 mph, he’s a completely different pitcher and a far less effective one. He also had elite 7.3 feet of extension with 17 inches of iVB, which gave him a flat attack angle on the pitch. It’s possible that he also added some arm-side run to the pitch, but it could also be a small sample size blip. What we do know is that the fastball had juice, which we love to see, and, frankly, we need to see from him if he’s going to be fantasy-relevant.
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