After missing the entire 2024 season because of an elbow injury, Lucas Giolito will start the 2025 season on the IL because of a strained left hamstring. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press
The Boston Red Sox will open the season with three starting pitchers on the injured list after right-hander Lucas Giolito strained his left hamstring.
Giolito left his first spring training start against Philadelphia on Tuesday after one inning when his hamstring tightened. Giolito told reporters the strain was low-grade.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said the right-hander will start the season on the injured list.
Giolito will join fellow starters Brayan Bello (shoulder) and Kutter Crawford (knee) on the injured list ahead of Boston’s March 27 opener at Texas.
Giolito, 30, signed a $38.5 million, two-year contract with Boston before last season, but didn’t pitch all year after a partial tear in his right ulnar collateral ligament. He was 8-15 with a 4.88 ERA in 2023 with the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland Guardians.
DAVID HAMILTON went 2 for 4 with a solo home run in the first inning, and Romy Gonzalez scored on an error in the top of the eighth as the Red Sox beat the Mets, 3-2, in a spring training game in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Abraham Toro added an RBI double. Gonzalez had two hits, including a double.
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