Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito was born in Santa Monica, California, United States on July 14th, 1994 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 29, Lucas Giolito biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Lucas Frost Giolito (born July 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He attended Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California, and was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft.
In 2016, he made his MLB debut with the Nationals.
His fastball speed has clocked as high as 100 mph (160 km/h).
Early life
Giolito was born on July 14, 1994 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. He grew up in Santa Monica, California. Giolito played Tee-ball at the age of 5, and he was a member of Santa Monica Little League Little League Baseball. At the age of 14, he pitched his first 90-mile-per-hour (140 km/h) pitch.
Personal life
Giolito is the son of actress Lindsay Frost and video game developer Rick Giolito. Warren Frost, his one grandfather, was a comedian. Silvio Giolito, his grandfather, was a two-time Olympic fencer and multiple-time US National Champion. Casey's brother is also an actor. Mark Frost, his uncle, a novelist, television screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as David Lynch's co-creator of Twin Peaks. Scott Frost, his other uncle, is also a writer. Ariana Dubelko-Giolito, Giolito's high school sweetheart, married him in December 2018.
Amateur career
Giolito attended Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California. Max Fried and Jack Flaherty were part of a Harvard-Westlake baseball team, with Ethan Katz as their pitching coach. Giolito sprained the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow in March 2012, his senior year, effectively ending him from participating in the remainder of his high school year. Giolito had promised to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and play for the UCLA Bruins baseball team. Although some believed he was worthy enough to be selected with the first overall pick of the 2012 MLB draft, fears about his elbow caused him to decline to the 16th overall pick, where the Washington Nationals selected him.
Professional career
Giolito signed with the Nationals on July 13, 2012—thirty seconds before the deadline—to a minor league contract with a $2.925 million signing bonus. Tommy John surgery was needed to restore his injured elbow ligament by the end of the month.
He made eight starts for the Gulf Coast Nationals of the rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2013 and a 2.78 earned run average (ERA). He was promoted to the Auburn Doubledays of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, and he was allowed to earn one earned run in the 16 innings he pitched. Giolito appeared in professional baseball with the Hagerstown Suns of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2014. He was 10-2 with a 2.20 ERA and 110 strikeouts in comparison to 28 walks in 20 starts. He was selected as the 2014 South Atlantic League Most Valuable Pitcher and Top Minor League Prospect. He has also appeared in the All-Star Futures Game.
Giolito played for the Potomac Nationals of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in the 2015 season and was given a mid-season promotion to the Harrisburg Senators of the Class AA Eastern League. Giolito was sent by the Nationals to Harrisburg in the 2016 season to kick off the season. In July, he was promoted to the Syracuse Chiefs of the Class AAA International League.
Giolito was added to the Nationals' active roster on June 28, 2016, making his major league debut against the New York Mets on Saturday. He pitched four shutout innings in his debut, allowing one hit and two walks while still getting one strikeout.
The Nationals traded Giolito, Reynaldo López, and Dane Dunning to the Chicago White Sox for Adam Eaton on December 7, 2016. Giolito's 2017 season with the Charlotte Knights of the International League began. Giolito won his first MLB victory in a 7–1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on August 27, 2017. Giolito threw seven scoreless innings, only three hits and striking out four Tigers. Giolito's season ended on a disappointing 3.38 percent ERA in 7 starts.
He made 32 starts for the White Sox last season, going 10-13 with a 6.13 ERA. He struck out 125 runs but led the American League in walks (90) and earned runs (118), finishing 3rd in the league in hit by pitch (15), 4th in wild pitches (13), and 9th in home runs allowed (27). He had the most bases on balls per 9 innings pitched in the majors in 2018 (4.67), as well as the highest WHIP among major league pitchers (1.48). He also had the lowest left on base percentage of all qualifying major league pitchers, stranding only 65% of base runners.
Giolito's third season and second in the White Sox starting lineup in 2019 he greatly improved from the previous year when he went on a nine game winning streak from start to the year with a 10–1 record. He pitched his first shutout against the Houston Astros on May 23. For the month of May, he was also voted AL pitcher of the month. Giolito was named one of the American League pitchers for the 2019 MLB All-Star Game on June 30, 2019, his first All-Star pick. Due to a mild lat strain in his pitching arm, the White Sox halted Giolito for the remainder of the season on September 16, 2019. Giolito's season ended with a 14-9 record, a 3.41 ERA, 228 strikeouts, and three complete games over 176+223 innings in 29 starts. He also placed 6th in the AL Cy Young Award voting.
Giolito no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0 on August 25, 2020 at Guaranteed Rate Field. He struck out 13 batters and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes; Erik González's fourth-inning walk was the only blemish in a otherwise flawless game. The no-hitter was the 19th in White Sox history, the most recent being Philip Humber's superb game at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 21, 2012, and the most recent by a White Sox pitcher at Guaranteed Rate Field was Mark Buehrle's perfect game on July 23, 2009. Giolito went 4-3 in 12 starts with an ERA of 3.48 and a 97 out in 72-1 1 2 innings as the White Sox made the playoffs. Giolito made his postseason debut against the Oakland Athletics in game 1 of the Wild Card Series. He pitched 7 innings, giving up 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, and 1 run out of 8 runs, striking out 8. He even retired the first 18 batters he faced in that game. When the White Sox beat the Athletics with a final score of 4–1, he won, but the White Sox lost the Series to the Athletics.
Giolito made 31 starts in 2021, a record of 11-9 and a 3.53 ERA. He pitched in 178.2 innings and knocked out 201 batters. He had the lowest ground ball percentage of all major league pitchers, at 33.2%.