CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol called the season to date "painful" as his team began taking apart its roster on Wednesday night after trading veteran pitchers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to the Angels for two prospects.
Giolito, speaking to reporters as he packed his bags in the White Sox clubhouse on Thursday afternoon, said it was a "surreal moment" despite the fact he "knew something like this was coming."
"A lot of emotions," Giolito said. "I grew up here as a player and as a man.