Overview

• Giolito closed June with four straight quality outings, allowing only two earned runs over 25 innings.
• He has amassed 58⅔ innings this season, putting him on target to hit the 140-inning threshold that would vest his 2026 $19 million option.
• After missing all of 2024 to elbow surgery and beginning 2025 on the injured list with a hamstring strain, he struggled through his first seven starts before making biomechanical adjustments.
• He has publicly declared that he does not want to be traded and voiced his desire to help the Red Sox win down the stretch.
• Boston’s front office faces upcoming decisions on deadline assets, with Alex Bregman’s extension talks or potential trade adding urgency to roster planning.