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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 248: All the reasons why Lucas Giolito is a totally different pitcher in 2019

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with Lucas Giolito about how much he wanted to fix himself this offseason and the work it took to make it happen (2:00), the advice he received from Hall of Famer Frank Thomas that he is using in games (7:10), what he's done to drastically reduce stolen bases against him (13:00), what he's learned from the mistakes he made last season (14:50), what James McCann has meant to him and the team (16:30), how much he is "sick of losing" (19:50) and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

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0:09.3

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0:10.4

You're listening to the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you, as always, by WinTrust.

0:16.4

Chuck Garfine here at Guaranteed Rate Field.

0:18.2

And in a rebuild, there's going to be disappointments,

0:22.6

there's going to be injuries, and there's going to be surprises. And one of the big surprises

0:29.6

so far in here in 2019 has been the pitching of Lucas Gialito. Last season he gave up the most runs

0:36.6

and the most walks of any pitcher in the

0:38.8

American League. But this year, so far, he's been a totally different pitcher. And if this is,

0:45.9

the Lucas Gialito we're going to see for the coming years, this makes this rotation look

0:51.1

a whole lot different, different, especially when you look at the injury

0:55.4

to Carlos Rodon. So Gioledo pitching like this, you've got to be excited about what we're

1:02.0

seeing so far. So on the podcast, a really interesting conversation with Gialito about

1:08.0

what's different this year versus last year. The advice he received from,

1:15.3

of all people, Frank Thomas, Frank Thomas gave this advice to him that he's taken into games

1:22.2

and it's working and he's going to explain, really just tell the whole story about it. Gioito talks about how he's cut down on the stolen bases against him in a big, big way,

1:34.3

and why he is sick of losing, why this White Sox team is sick of losing.

1:42.3

All that and more coming up. So here is my conversation with

1:46.5

Lucas Gialito on the White Sox Talk Podcast. White Sox, White Sox, go, no, White Sox.

1:54.7

And ball. He'll hit deep way back. Deep to the NFL. Holy cow, Charlton fans has put the White Sox ahead. Jimenez leaves the battle. Holy cow. Tricon Fess has put the White Sox ahead.

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