"Adding to Giolito's frustration was the fact that after getting the diagnosis and beginning some rehab work, " within three days, my elbow felt 100 percent fine again," the right-hander told WEEI.com's Rob Bradford on the latest edition of the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast (partial transcript here). With no UCL damage discovered and the inflammation subsided, Giolito planned to quickly start a throwing program with the intention of returning later in the playoffs, except Boston's run was cut short early."
""There's no injury, or whatever injury there was is gone. It was a weird, freak thing that popped up at the worst possible time, not only for the Red Sox but for myself and in general," Giolito said. " Just the worst possible time. It makes my free agency harder. It prevented me from pitching in the playoffs where I had been a part of the rotation pretty much the entire year. It was just a very, very tough one to swallow."
Lucas Giolito missed the entire 2024 season following UCL surgery and returned in 2025 as a Red Sox starter, recording a 3.41 ERA across 145 innings. Right flexor irritation and a bone issue surfaced just before the Wild Card Series, keeping him off the playoff roster. After diagnosis and initial rehab, his elbow felt fully recovered within days and no UCL damage was found, and he intended to begin a throwing program to return later in the playoffs but Boston was eliminated early. Giolito says he is fully healthy entering free agency and is ready to prove his health to teams.
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