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David 8
Finally we get to see the guy that everyone wanted in trade pieces during the offseason.
thebighurt619
Calling it now, he has a successful run at the MLB level the nationals should come up with an icecream mixture and call it the giolito.
sportsfanatic
Red Sox should deal for this kid.
seamaholic 2
Totally. Think Castillo will enough? Maybe throw in a C prospect?
mgraub00
No, he would command a top flight prospect in return as Giolito is a top flight prospect himself with years and years of team control remaining. The price of young controllable pitching is incredibly. See the Shelby Miller trade.
Brixton
The Nats aren’t trading Giolito.
Steve Adams
Methinks Seamaholic was being a wee bit facetious.
halos101
not nearly enough
bjd1207
Lol good joke. A 4th OF for the top pitching prospect in baseball? And that’s not even considering that the Nats don’t have room (they have their own middling 4th OF) and that they’d never deal Giolito
Brixton
It was a joke on Red Sox fans
thebighurt619
Mlbtraderumors- we either need a sarcasm detected button or likes button back. Pick whatever you want but its not as fun seeing the obvious joke comment being taken seriously. Ruins the fun.
soxfan1
I think we all know who the real joke is everytime this joke is recreated.
jmorrison8
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AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Hahahaha classic.
ilikebaseball 2
“If he is indeed a big leaguer from this point forth, Giolito won’t be eligible for free agency until following the 2020 season.”
Come again? Only need 4 seasons now?
Brixton
I think it would be through 2022, wouldn’t it? Adam Morgan who was called up just about this time last season isn’t a FA until post-2021
forg1v3
Pretty sure he meant arbitration, not free agency.
raysk7
Giolito too valuable to trade any time soon, if ever.
Brixton
My question is.. if he goes on what of those insane runs, and Stras gets healthy, who exits the rotation when Stras gets back? Roark and Ross have been really good. Could they deal Gio for a bat or reliever?
virginiascopist
Unfortunately, Giolito is on an innings limit, so when Stras returns to the rotation, Giolito will go back down so his innings can be controlled. He will probably, barring further injuries to a starting pitcher, then come back during September call-ups,
vinscully16
Best of luck to Giolito. Great for the game seeing such young talent get the call.
nyjets21
Mets seem to face their opponent’s crown jewel pitching prospect each week.
nyjets21
Nationals please trade this guy to the Yankees for an expiring Chapman..thx
BorgDevil
If Giolito excels, they’d bump Gio Gonzales to the pen (he’s well beyond option years) and send down Solis (L) or another pen hand with options.
Ray Ray
I will never understand these innings limits. I actually do get it the year after the surgery, but it has been almost four years since his surgery with no signs of a recurrence. Obviously he doesn’t need to go out and throw 250 innings or anything, but limiting it to 140 (with half of that already used up in AAA) will put them in the same position they were in with Strasburg in 2012 and we all remember how that worked out. If you are that worried about him being made of glass, then start him out as a reliever this year.
One Fan
Starting him out as a reliever makes no sense but holding him back a month or so early in the season makes sense.
Never understood what they did with Stass. You are worried about his arm and innings? Delay his spring training start by a month or so. Would have given the early month off as more healing time. Then they could have activated him in beginning of June and pitched the entire season and post season! But that never occurred to them??
natesp4
You know a guy is a good prospect when the scouts start citing how he fields his position as something to work on. I’m excited to watch this kid pitch.
JFactor
If you want an innings limit on a guy that you expect to have in your big league rotation on a playoff team (Nats with Strasburg a few years ago) why don’t you have an extended spring training and have them start pitch closer to May or June so you can use them later in the season and they don’t miss September?