Former poster’s son
Giolito pitches first no hitter of 2020
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Nice to see, my son played against him in HS.
Note: Even those with physical gifts beyond most sometimes struggle through the levels of baseball as Lucas struggled for several years in the minors and it is great to see a former HSBBW poster son make it.
Great for him. Wasn't an easy road for him either, he was ranked a top5 overall prospect in baseball like 5 years ago already but then had some struggles in the high minors and especially in the majors early on but then turned it around.
He definitely looked like a bust after having like a 6 era in 2018 with lots of walks and not many Ks either but then had a big turnaround in 19.supposedly made some mechanical adjustments and got more healthy. Pitching in the big leagues is hard.
What an awesome feat! Thanks for calling it to our attention!
Son faced him in a high school pre-season game. Must have been 20 - 30 scouts there watching him pitch 3-4 innings. At that time he was tossing around 100 from what I heard. Son had 2 ab against him, he was ecstatic because although he didn't get a hit he did hit a fly to rf and grounded out to 2nd. He had some arm issues during the season and I think was shut down for a bit. Glad to see him tossing the no hitter after struggles in his career.
Amazing how many ties here again... pretty sure son faced him in SoCal Scout ball. Huge congrats !!!
After watching the Bruins game I tuned to NESN to see if the Sucks were still playing. The wrap up was on. The first thing I heard was White Sox pitcher enters 9th with no hitter. It’s why God created MLB TV. I watched the 9th. The last out is on video in the article. It was a shot. I think it was last week I watched Maeda lose a no hitter in the 9th on a dink shot.