In July, Boston Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito was compelled to confront commissioner Rob Manfred about the continued threats he and his teammates were receiving from sports betters via social media.

Giolito said on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast that the online threats were getting worse "by the year, by the week, by the day."

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Few of those threats ever become public. The latest, targeting Red Sox pitcher Dustin May, hit a new low.

As first reported by The Big Lead , May's wife shared a screenshot of a message she received from a since-deleted social media account with the handle "dustinmaywilldie," showing a picture of the couple's dog.

"Ill [sic] cook this dog for dinner," the message read.

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