SHOCKING Red Sox Injury UPDATE... This has MAJOR implications | Red Sox News

We have some major updates surrounding the Red Sox and specifically their starting rotation as now we have a third member of the starting rotation starting the MLB season on the IL. I'm here to break down the severity of Lucas Giolito's injury as well as how this is going to affect the starting rotation once the MLB season officially starts in just 13 days. We'll break down all of that on this episode of Red Sox Digest, but first do remember if You're a part of the 86.5% currently watching this video. Not currently subscribed to the channel. Scroll down, click the subscribe button. We do appreciate the love and support, so thank you guys. But now let's get to it and break down the major updates and how Lucas Giolito's injury is going to take a toll on this starting rotation as now he is the third member of the starting rotation to start the season on IL. Now I will say there are a few positives in this breakdown. And I know, obviously, one of our starting pitchers is injured. So, again, how is there going to be any positives? Well, first, this tweet from Sean McAdam. Lucas Giolito was diagnosed with a low-grade strain in his left hamstring. Isn't being shut down from throwing. Awaiting further word from training staff on the next step. So, again, before we even get to the next tweet breaking down more information, this has some positives to it. Yes, he is injured. I understand that's not good. We want to be able to see him find a rhythm. As, again, in the spring training game where he did get injured, It was his first appearance on a mound in over a year because of injuries, and obviously he does return. He makes his first appearance for the Red Sox, again, in a spring training game, and again, one pitch in, he feels tightness in his left hamstring, and again, the outing from then on out was not great. He finished that first inning and then did not return for the Red Sox because of the hamstring tightness, and again, we did break this down when it initially happened, and we got this quote from Lucas Giolito really suggesting that is a minor setback something that is just more annoying than actually painful or something that is substantial which we thought was a good thing and again it turned out to end up being not so bad and obviously he discussed in this quote that he was going to have an MRI and with that MRI we learned this information again a low grade strain is pretty good because if it was a high grade strain obviously he'd probably be out for a substantially longer amount of time compared to what we could assume he's going to be on the IL for it'll probably be 15 day IL rather than a 30 or 60 day IL stint which again is good because he'll be back in just over two weeks for the Boston Red Sox which again is a positive we won't have to go so long with a lack thereof of pitching depth in the starting rotation and again he's not being shut down from throwing again that means that again this is a minor strain it is nothing substantial that is going to sideline him he's not going to have to rehab and work his way back into a full level effort if you will in the sense he's not going to have to go through a full rehab to get some muscle and get some confidence back in that left hamstring rather he's going to be able to throw bullpens still obviously not at a hundred percent but he will still be active he still will be throwing and again it will not be setting him back as far as a major hamstring pull would be so again we'll move on and we'll break down this tweet from Julian McWilliams as he goes on to say Lucas Giolito will begin the season on IL according to manager Alex Cora saying and i quote again quoting Alex Cora we're going to be tested right away and again Alex Cora is a hundred percent right in this quote we are going to be tested right away and the reason being is because our starting rotation looks as follows Crochet will be our one Tanner Houck will be our two. Walker Bueller will be our three. But then we have Quinn Priester and Richard Fitz rounding out our four and five men in the starting rotation, which I'm not going to sit here and say is a problem. It's great to see these guys get opportunity. Obviously, when opportunity arrives, you have to show up and you have to prove, hey, I'm a ball player. I can fit in the starting rotation. I could be the fourth or fifth guy in the starting rotation if I get the opportunity. And again, they are going to get this opportunity. And with that, I hope they go out there and really showcase their talent showcase really the growth from last year to this year and again it's a great opportunity both of these guys are very very young very early into their MLB careers and again they're getting the opportunity make good with it but again with that this is what our IL and really our injury list really looks like starting the MLB season and again focus focusing on the starting pitching as again we have five of them Brian la Brea obviously Cutter Crawford and Lucas Giolito are the newest additions if you will to the IL and they are going to start the season on the IL for the Boston Red Sox three key pieces to the starting rotation all on IL as well as Chris Murphy as well as Patrick Sandoval also on the IL to start the MLB season we knew Sandoval was going to be on the IL he will be on the IL until about the halfway point the all-star break if you will again that's a rough a rough estimate as of now because we don't have an exact timeline on Pablo Sandoval excuse me Patrick Sandoval not Pablo Sandoval returning again he's been dealing with injury for some time and again when he does return having a a second uh Southpaw in the rotation is going to be massive for this Boston Red Sox organization but again this is what the starting rotation is going to look like once the season officially starts now again no time to panic as again we got a bunch of different quotes and a bunch of different pieces of information surrounding this Lucas Giolito injury as you will and again this will be another set of tweets Lucas Giolito just spoke again says he just played catch and felt 100 okay so he's hopeful his IL stint will be brief and that his ramp up for the season won't be significantly disrupted again something we alluded to earlier it should be a short IL stint something like 15 days and again he won't have to rehab and really get the engines going all that hard again in the sense that he won't have to go from warming up going to spring training obviously suffering the injury having to shut down entirely again go through rehab go through this go through that to then get the getting ramped up once again to finally get to MLB ready starting pitching ready and again because of that I think this is a win and I know him being injured is not a win But again, taking the small wins where we get them. It's a long season. It's 162 games in the regular season, plus we go to the playoffs. It's a long season. There's no way around it. We're going to face adversity. We're going to see a lot of different challenges for this Red Sox team. And because of that, get it out of the way early. Let Giolito go through this hamstring tightness and let him go through the strain of his left hamstring early. Come back, be healthy, and get some games under his belt without, again, starting the season being shut down after a few starts having to go through a long rehab then trying to get the wheels turning again to then enter the season at the midway just before the midway point that would be a much stickier situation in my opinion and obviously the injury could be more substantial which would be even a bigger problem so again small wins where we get them and again don't be don't panic look the first three guys in the starting rotation are legit substantially good starters and again Quinn Priester and Richard Fitz have showed good things during spring obviously they have had a year to develop from last year allow them to work with guys like Garrett Crochet Tanner Houck and Walker Buehler and who knows how much better they are going to be on the big stage once the season officially starts I would not be panicking just yet if I were a Red Sox fan or a Red Sox supporter again I'm telling you guys there is no reason to yet panic we are still early early on in this MLB season and again Lucas Giolito was paid for two years 38 or 38 and a half million dollars don't panic yet as of right now obviously it looks like a bit of a wash obviously last year we didn't see anything from Giolito but now this year starting on the injury list I understand it seems like a bit of a predicament seems like we're never going to see Lucas Giolito actually perform for the Red Sox in any meaningful stage and I'm here to tell you there is still a substantial chance that he has the ability to do so just allow him time allow him to come back from this minor injury and be a substantial piece in the starting rotation which I strongly believe he has a chance to do so again let me know let me know down below what you guys think about this injury and how you guys think Lucas Giolito will perform for this Red Sox rotation as well as what your thoughts and opinions are on Quinn Priester as well as Richard Fitz I'll see you guys on the next episode of Red Sox Digest thank you guys for watching I'll see you on the next one