REPORT: $18,000,000,000 Top MLB Trade Deadline Target for 2024 Is Said to Be a Red Sox Pitcher

Chairman of the Boston Red Sox, Tom Werner, said on November 2 that the team would run a “full throttle” offseason under new CBO Craig Breslow.

So far, the biggest acquisition they’ve made is signing free-agent starting pitcher Lucas Giolito to a two-year, $38.5 million deal. He hasn’t thrown his first pitch for the Red Sox yet. But could he already be a potential target for contending teams at the 2024 MLB trade deadline?

Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer shared 10 way-too-early predictions for the upcoming season. His first prediction said Giolito would find his Cy Young-caliber form again and be in demand at the trade deadline

In 2023, the 29-year-old righty threw 184.1 innings, which was a career best. He achieved it while playing for the Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels, and Chicago White Sox. But it was the second year in a row that he had trouble reaching the same level of performance as he achieved in 2019 and 2021.

Giolito has a 29-21 record in 427.1 innings over that time, along with a 3.47 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. Alongside this, there were three consecutive top-11 results in the American League Cy Young Award voting. In 346 innings between 2022 and 2023, he had a 19–24 record with a 4.89 ERA and 1.37 WHIP.