Lucas Giolito opens up about not getting qualifying offer from Red Sox: The Red Sox’ decision not to give Lucas Giolito the $22.05 million qualifying offer might have surprised some, but it wasn’t a shock to the starting pitcher.

In an interview on Audacy’s “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast , Giolito told Rob Bradford that he wasn’t expecting to receive the qualifying offer from the Red Sox because of how his season ended.

“I wasn’t banking on it,” Giolito told Bradford. “I was pretty sure I wasn’t gonna get it. Because I ended the year injured. That’s how it works. You end the year hurt, you’re not in a good spot to command a qualifying offer or whatever. So moving on.

“I thought it was obvious. I went into this offseason knowing full well I’d be a free agent. You end the year hurt, i

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