Lucas Giolito is on the transfer.
The Chicago White Sox traded the right-handed pitcher to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday together with reliever Reynaldo López for minor-league switch-hitting catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed pitcher Ky Bush.
“Given this club’s performance over the course of the last several months, it’s apparent that these types of moves have to take place given where we’re at and putting us in the best position we can be going forward,” Sox normal supervisor Rick Hahn stated.
A free agent on the finish of the season, Giolito is 6-6 with a 3.79 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 21 begins.
Giolito and López joined the Sox group in December 2016 as a part of a commerce that despatched Adam Eaton to the Washington Nationals.
“Obviously Lucas’ and Reynaldo’s tenure with the White Sox is not ending in the way we envisioned when we first acquired them,” Hahn stated.
Giolito struggled in 2018 with a 6.13 ERA, however put all of it collectively the subsequent season to earn All-Star honors whereas going 14-9 with a 3.41 ERA and 228 strikeouts.
He obtained American League Cy Young Award votes in 2019, ‘20 and ‘21. Among the highlights in 2020, Giolito threw a no-hitter in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He was the crew’s Game 1 starter within the 2020 AL wild-card collection in opposition to the Oakland Athletics, taking an ideal recreation into the seventh inning. He began Game 2 of the 2021 AL Division Series in opposition to the Houston Astros.
Giolito rebounded after a troublesome 2022 to grow to be one of the sought-after pitchers on the commerce market. Now he has his vacation spot.
López is 2-5 with a 4.29 ERA and 4 saves in 43 aid appearances this season. He has 52 strikeouts, 22 walks and has allowed seven homers in 42 innings.
He appeared in 205 video games with the Sox from 2017-23, making 91 begins. He was a starter from 2017–2020, largely used as a reliever in 2021 and has been an possibility out of the bullpen in ’22 and this season.
“They will both certainly be missed and certainly both can help make that Angels team better positioned for hopefully a postseason run for both of them,” Hahn stated.
Quero, 20, is rated by MLB.com because the No. 2 prospect within the Angels group and No. 65 total in baseball. He is slashing .245/.385/.332 with 13 doubles, three residence runs, 35 RBIs, 39 runs and 54 walks in 69 video games this season with Double-A Rocket City within the Southern League.
Bush, 23, is rated by MLB.com because the No. 3 prospect within the Angels system. He is 1-3 with a 5.88 ERA and 33 strikeouts in six begins this season with Rocket City. Over his final three outings, Bush is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA and 17 strikeouts.
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