White Sox tab Lucas Giolito for Opening Day, Dylan Cease goes for No. 4 job

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It's official. Lucas Giolito will start for the White Sox on Opening Day against the Los Angeles Angels. Chuck Garfien, Vinnie Duber, and Ryan McGuffey discuss how Giolito has gone from struggling major leaguer to bona fide ace of the White Sox pitching staff. Plus, Giolito talks about what the Opening Day start means to him, and manager Tony La Russa explains his decision to go with Giolito over veterans Dallas Keuchel and Lance Lynn. The crew also discusses Dylan Cease's impressive first start of the spring and where he fits into the White Sox rotation, how Eloy Jiménez keeps raking against the Cubs, and the die-hard White Sox fan who streamed the White Sox spring training game from Antarctica.(2:30) - Lucas Giolito is named the Opening Day starter(8:45) - Tony La Russa on why he named Lucas the starter and Lucas speaks on being named the starter(1630) - Is Dylan Cease the X-factor that will push the White Sox over the top?(21:10) - Lucas Giolito describes the growth in Dylan Cease and what he's excited to see(27:30) - Eloy Jiménez rakes vs the Cubs. AGAIN

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:08.7	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust.
0:14.8	Okay, I know the weather might not be feeling like baseball right now in Chicago, but opening day is getting closer.
0:24.3	And when the White Sox take the field in Anaheim on April the 1st on NBC Sports, Chicago,
0:29.9	Lucas Gialito will be on the mound against the Angels.
0:34.6	Tony LaRusa has made it official, and here on the podcast, we're going to talk
0:38.8	about how Lucas has turned into this ace. And now for the second year in row, he's getting
0:45.6	the ball on opening day. We're going to hear from Lucas as well as Larusa. And Lucas is going
0:52.1	to explain why he feels he's earned the job, but also won't take it for granted.
0:58.2	And then, did you see Dylan Cease against the Cubs on Monday, his first star of the spring?
1:04.8	If he can put that stuff in a bottle and be that in 2021?
1:12.0	Look out.
1:17.0	We also talk Aloi Jimenez, who is still crushing the Cubs.
1:18.5	It's what he does.
1:26.3	And a special White Sox fan who watched the White Sox webcast against the Cubs from Antarctica.
1:28.8	Yes, Antarctica.
1:31.2	A special shout out to him.
1:33.7	So it's Gialito, Cease, Alloy,
1:36.1	and a South Sider watching the White Sox from the southernmost place on the planet.
1:39.9	The podcast is coming your way.
1:43.5	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
1:47.3	The ball hit deep way back.
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