Lucas Giolito
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 245LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #16, Washington Nationals | Harvard-Westlake HS (CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 11 9 3.53 31 31 0 178.2 201 1.10
2022 11 9 4.90 30 30 0 161.2 177 1.44
2023 8 15 4.88 33 33 0 184.1 204 1.31
8 Seasons 61 62 4.43 180 178 0 1,013.2 1,077 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 31 11-9 3.53 178.2 201 1.10
2022 30 11-9 4.90 161.2 177 1.44
2023 33 8-15 4.88 184.1 204 1.31
8 Seasons 180 61-62 4.43 1,013.2 1,077 1.25
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 21 398 77 7 9.1 6.9 91.4 113.6 12.5 39.0 .336 .574 .415 .425 .440 42.9 10.9 11.9 6.75 8.54
2017 22 704 130 5 3.8 2.8 86.9 109.3 14.0 28.5 .243 .393 .277 .306 .341 34.1 19.0 6.7 2.38 4.01
2018 23 3007 545 38 7.0 4.9 88.7 114.4 13.3 30.5 .255 .432 .345 .348 .362 37.1 16.1 11.6 6.13 5.26
2019 24 2814 416 39 9.4 5.5 88.1 117.0 17.7 37.3 .214 .368 .275 .283 .380 34.6 32.3 8.1 3.41 3.48
2020 25 1214 161 9 5.6 3.1 87.0 111.9 15.2 33.5 .196 .322 .257 .270 .353 35.4 33.7 9.7 3.48 3.04
2021 26 2970 465 31 6.7 4.3 87.7 116.7 18.3 37.4 .221 .362 .288 .280 .355 34.2 28.0 7.1 3.53 3.27
2022 27 2753 456 34 7.5 4.9 88.8 117.4 12.6 37.9 .249 .397 .344 .318 .390 39.0 25.4 8.7 4.90 4.23
2023 28 3190 507 56 11.0 7.1 89.2 115.1 18.5 33.3 .239 .445 .339 .329 .403 41.6 25.7 9.2 4.88 4.61
Player 17050 2757 219 7.9 5.1 88.4 117.4 15.8 34.7 .236 .400 .315 .312 .376 37.3 25.3 9.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Giolito relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.9%) ,
Changeup
(28.3%) ,
Slider
(28.2%) ,
Curveball
(1.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 41.6 22.1 27.3 9.1 36.4 37.7 26.0 3.9 27.3 19.5 33.8 6.5 9.1 6.9
2017 46.9 17.7 23.8 11.5 44.6 33.1 22.3 4.6 32.3 27.7 23.8 6.2 3.8 2.8
2018 45.1 24.8 22.4 7.7 37.4 37.1 25.5 2.2 35.2 26.2 23.7 4.8 7.0 4.9
2019 36.3 23.8 28.1 11.8 39.2 33.7 27.2 3.6 27.4 30.0 25.5 3.4 9.4 5.5
2020 44.1 26.7 21.7 7.5 41.6 31.7 26.7 7.5 24.8 29.8 25.5 6.2 5.6 3.1
2021 34.2 26.9 27.7 11.2 42.2 34.0 23.9 5.4 24.3 30.8 24.9 7.3 6.7 4.3
2022 39.0 28.7 27.0 5.3 35.1 37.9 27.0 3.9 28.9 25.4 28.1 6.1 7.5 4.9
2023 36.1 29.0 23.1 11.8 40.6 32.9 26.4 3.6 25.2 30.0 23.1 6.9 11.0 7.1
Player 39.2 26.1 25.2 9.5 39.2 34.9 25.8 4.0 28.4 28.2 25.2 5.8 7.9 5.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2023 Slider CLE R 901 84.0 38.3 0.5 1.6GLV -3.2 0.6 0.9 1.6GLV -3.7
2023 Changeup CLE R 902 80.9 30.7 -2.1 12.8ARM -0.5 11.0 -5.6 12.8ARM -1.6
2023 Curveball CLE R 49 77.9 60.3 3.7 6.2GLV -2.0 -14.8 4.9 6.2GLV -2.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 1338 93.1 13.5 1.3 5.5ARM -0.4 18.1 2.3 5.5ARM -1.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 1312 92.6 13.9 0.6 5.4ARM -0.4 18.0 1.8 5.4ARM -1.9
2022 Changeup CWS R 702 81.0 30.5 -1.2 11.3ARM -1.3 11.1 -5.2 11.3ARM -2.9
2022 Curveball CWS R 89 79.2 56.3 1.7 7.2GLV -0.4 -12.5 2.6 7.2GLV -1.9
2022 Slider CWS R 649 84.4 37.2 0.4 3.5GLV -1.7 1.1 0.7 3.5GLV -2.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -8 1,338 41.9 325 .262 .546 .381 20.0 24.9 20.5 .263 .511 .369 50.2
2023 Changeup 0.1 1 902 28.3 242 .209 .442 .330 35.2 26.9 21.0 .213 .403 .306 30.5
2023 Slider -0.9 -8 901 28.2 218 .236 .438 .319 34.5 25.7 20.1 .234 .400 .295 40.5
2023 Curveball -4.4 -2 49 1.5 4 .500 .500 .450 20.0 25.0 7.7 .326 .410 .318 66.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 1,313 47.7 320 .283 .449 .359 21.3 21.6 18.9 .254 .422 .337 43.1
2022 Changeup -1.0 -7 702 25.5 189 .248 .418 .337 38.5 33.9 25.8 .218 .313 .291 19.8
2022 Slider -0.8 -5 649 23.6 171 .280 .488 .338 30.8 23.4 21.5 .269 .423 .311 46.4
2022 Curveball -1.8 -2 89 3.2 17 .250 .625 .382 25.0 23.5 19.0 .270 .572 .378 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 887 80.9 98 16.6 1:30 1:45 -15
2023 Curveball 49 77.9 91 19.0 6:30 6:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,327 93.1 98 18.5 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 880 84.0 17 3.3 9:30 8:00 90
2022 Changeup 697 81.0 98 15.6 1:30 1:45 -15
2022 Curveball 87 79.2 83 17.2 6:45 6:45 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,310 92.6 98 18.4 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 641 84.4 21 4.5 10:15 8:45 90
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 101 398 -1 0 -4 -2 -7
2017 178 701 4 11 -3 -3 9
2018 772 3,005 6 -2 -22 -21 -39
2019 704 2,814 24 25 -19 -9 22
2020 312 1,314 9 15 -6 -7 10
2021 739 3,060 17 27 -12 -14 18
2022 697 2,753 -4 19 -17 -11 -13
2023 789 3,190 -6 26 -25 -13 -17
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 398 49.7 67.7 90.3 24.0 75.0 42.5 55.4 45.7 13.7 7.8 90.3
2017 704 47.4 68.1 85.4 33.3 60.2 41.9 62.0 49.7 22.9 6.6 78.3
2018 3,007 48.6 63.2 85.0 24.8 60.8 42.3 55.4 43.4 21.4 7.7 67.5
2019 2,814 54.3 68.0 73.6 27.7 48.9 43.5 62.1 49.6 32.4 9.1 81.6
2020 1,214 49.9 73.1 71.6 28.3 41.9 40.6 59.4 50.7 36.6 8.4 87.3
2021 2,970 50.6 71.8 75.6 28.7 47.2 41.6 59.9 50.5 32.2 8.6 77.0
2022 2,753 47.7 67.5 82.5 29.0 47.8 43.4 61.3 47.4 28.5 7.2 77.3
2023 3,190 48.6 67.6 81.0 27.0 47.2 41.2 61.3 46.8 28.8 7.5 77.5
Player 17,050 49.8 68.1 79.2 27.6 50.6 42.2 59.9 47.8 28.8 8.0 77.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 68 15 62 94
2017 41 25 60 90
2018 11 28 23 23 4 7 38 37 34 10 10 26 15 42 16 34 75
2019 80 80 74 64 82 7 14 65 67 90 50 88 33 66 68 48 91
2020 85 86 81 74 81 28 66 73 59 92 38 94 55 62 70 86
2021 83 72 71 67 85 19 66 74 83 80 69 86 57 55 77 37 89
2022 33 34 37 43 34 13 44 41 41 67 38 70 45 28 35 30 91
2023 31 58 24 12 47 1 8 43 32 67 37 69 25 34 34 86
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.2 7 6.5 1 0 5 3 42.9
2017 23.4 8 5.4 3 1 5 2 25.0
2018 23.5 27 25.6 1 12 20 11 40.7
2019 23.8 24 22.5 2 8 17 10 41.7
2020 22.3 8 7.5 1 6 4 4 50.0
2021 23.3 27 25.1 2 13 28 5 18.5
2022 23.6 24 26.2 -2 9 20 11 45.8
2023 23.9 41 36.5 5 5 25 17 41.5
Player 23.5 166 155.2 11 54 124 63 38.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 7 8 6 8 7 6 7 7 5 5 7 6 7 6 7 8 4 5 7 7 7 4 8 8 8 6 5 8 7 6 4
2017 8 5 3 5 5 6 8 7 3 4 5 6 6 4 6 5 4 6 6 6 7 5 8 7 5 4 4 7 7 5 3
2018 27 34 20 25 24 23 29 25 19 17 23 29 31 19 23 29 26 26 23 30 30 24 33 29 24 23 21 29 32 28 19
2019 24 27 18 24 23 22 23 23 20 16 20 24 27 23 22 20 21 18 21 25 22 23 31 25 21 22 20 28 26 23 18
2020 8 7 7 9 9 7 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 7
2021 27 33 19 25 32 28 33 21 19 14 23 30 22 15 29 29 23 24 26 30 22 25 34 23 22 21 31 30 20 25 26
2022 24 24 18 23 24 26 28 23 19 19 26 29 29 25 30 31 25 24 28 28 26 26 35 31 24 25 28 30 30 26 25
2023 41 33 30 34 38 37 40 35 33 34 35 33 36 34 41 40 37 34 41 39 36 38 44 42 31 34 36 41 39 38 32
Player 166 171 121 153 162 155 176 148 125 115 146 164 165 134 165 169 148 145 159 172 158 153 201 172 143 142 152 181 169 159 134
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.0 92.3 -1.7 ↓ 92.4 0.1 ↑ 94.2 1.8 ↑ 94.0 -0.2 ↓ 93.8 -0.2 ↓ 92.6 -1.2 ↓ 93.1 0.5 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.2 81.6 -2.6 ↓ 81.7 0.1 ↑ 81.7 0.0 80.9 -0.8 ↓ 81.5 0.6 ↑ 81.0 -0.5 ↓ 80.9 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.6 81.2 0.6 ↑ 81.7 0.5 ↑ 83.4 1.7 ↑ 84.4 1.0 ↑ 85.0 0.6 ↑ 83.8 -1.2 ↓ 83.7 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 91.4 86.9 -4.5 ↓ 88.7 1.8 ↑ 88.1 -0.6 ↓ 87.0 -1.1 ↓ 87.7 0.7 ↑ 88.8 1.1 ↑ 89.2 0.4 ↑
Launch Angle 12.5 14.0 1.5 ↑ 13.3 -0.7 ↓ 17.7 4.4 ↑ 15.2 -2.5 ↓ 18.3 3.1 ↑ 12.6 -5.7 ↓ 18.5 5.9 ↑
Barrel % 9.1 3.8 -5.3 ↓ 7.0 3.2 ↑ 9.4 2.4 ↑ 5.6 -3.8 ↓ 6.7 1.1 ↑ 7.5 0.8 ↑ 11.0 3.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.9 34.1 -8.8 ↓ 37.1 3.0 ↑ 34.6 -2.5 ↓ 35.4 0.8 ↑ 34.2 -1.2 ↓ 39.0 4.8 ↑ 41.6 2.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.0 28.5 -10.5 ↓ 30.5 2.0 ↑ 37.3 6.8 ↑ 33.5 -3.8 ↓ 37.4 3.9 ↑ 37.9 0.5 ↑ 33.3 -4.6 ↓
xBA .336 .243 -0.093 ↓ .255 0.012 ↑ .214 -0.041 ↓ .196 -0.018 ↓ .221 0.025 ↑ .249 0.028 ↑ .239 -0.010 ↓
BA .295 .190 -0.105 ↓ .250 0.060 ↑ .205 -0.045 ↓ .184 -0.021 ↓ .219 0.035 ↑ .272 0.053 ↑ .240 -0.032 ↓
xwOBA .425 .306 -0.119 ↓ .348 0.042 ↑ .283 -0.065 ↓ .270 -0.013 ↓ .280 0.010 ↑ .318 0.038 ↑ .329 0.011 ↑
wOBA .415 .277 -0.138 ↓ .345 0.068 ↑ .275 -0.070 ↓ .257 -0.018 ↓ .288 0.031 ↑ .344 0.056 ↑ .339 -0.005 ↓
xSLG .574 .393 -0.181 ↓ .432 0.039 ↑ .368 -0.064 ↓ .322 -0.046 ↓ .362 0.040 ↑ .397 0.035 ↑ .445 0.048 ↑
SLG .602 .387 -0.215 ↓ .444 0.057 ↑ .373 -0.071 ↓ .310 -0.063 ↓ .394 0.084 ↑ .455 0.061 ↑ .482 0.027 ↑
K% 10.9 19.0 8.1 ↑ 16.1 -2.9 ↓ 32.3 16.2 ↑ 33.7 1.4 ↑ 28.0 -5.7 ↓ 25.4 -2.6 ↓ 25.7 0.3 ↑
BB% 11.9 6.7 -5.2 ↓ 11.6 4.9 ↑ 8.1 -3.5 ↓ 9.7 1.6 ↑ 7.1 -2.6 ↓ 8.7 1.6 ↑ 9.2 0.5 ↑
Swing % 45.7 49.7 4.0 ↑ 43.4 -6.3 ↓ 49.6 6.2 ↑ 50.7 1.1 ↑ 50.5 -0.2 ↓ 47.4 -3.1 ↓ 46.8 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 13.7 22.9 9.2 ↑ 21.4 -1.5 ↓ 32.4 11.0 ↑ 36.6 4.2 ↑ 32.2 -4.4 ↓ 28.5 -3.7 ↓ 28.8 0.3 ↑
In Zone % 49.7 47.4 -2.3 ↓ 48.6 1.2 ↑ 54.3 5.7 ↑ 49.9 -4.4 ↓ 50.6 0.7 ↑ 47.7 -2.9 ↓ 48.6 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.3 52.6 2.3 ↑ 51.4 -1.2 ↓ 45.7 -5.7 ↓ 50.1 4.4 ↑ 49.4 -0.7 ↓ 52.3 2.9 ↑ 51.4 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.0 33.3 9.3 ↑ 24.8 -8.5 ↓ 27.7 2.9 ↑ 28.3 0.6 ↑ 28.7 0.4 ↑ 29.0 0.3 ↑ 27.0 -2.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.7 35.8 7.1 ↑ 25.3 -10.5 ↓ 32.2 6.9 ↑ 32.3 0.1 ↑ 34.8 2.5 ↑ 31.9 -2.9 ↓ 31.9 0.0
First Pitch Strike % 55.4 62.0 6.6 ↑ 55.4 -6.6 ↓ 62.1 6.7 ↑ 59.4 -2.7 ↓ 59.9 0.5 ↑ 61.3 1.4 ↑ 61.3 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 101 .415 47 1 2.1 54 10 18.5
2017 Shifts 179 .277 94 2 2.1 85 27 31.8
2018 Shifts 773 .345 372 43 11.6 401 182 45.4
2019 Shifts 704 .275 368 41 11.1 336 139 41.4
2020 Shifts 288 .257 118 10 8.5 170 75 44.1
2021 Shifts 718 .288 373 24 6.4 345 163 47.2
2022 Shifts 695 .344 401 61 15.2 294 200 68.0
2023 Shades 789 .339 467 0 0.0 322 119 37.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 120 17.1 30.0% 5.0% 68 22.7 2.9% 17.6%
2017 233 18.4 5.2% 1.7% 76 23.4 0.0% 6.6%
2018 927 19.3 2.7% 1.2% 499 24.3 0.0% 10.6%
2019 850 18.7 5.1% 1.5% 391 24.7 0.0% 11.0%
2020 357 18.1 6.7% 0.8% 158 22.6 0.6% 8.2%
2021 926 19.1 7.1% 2.4% 344 22.3 1.2% 5.5%
2022 791 20.7 0.8% 3.9% 436 24.0 0.0% 9.2%
2023 977 16.6 22.3% 0.2% 406 18.9 1.5% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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