Lucas Giolito is pitching like one of the best pitchers in the game, and he was honored for it Monday.
Giolito was named the American League Pitcher of the Month, following up Tim Anderson, who was the AL Player of the Month for April, to give the White Sox two monthly award winners in the first two months of the 2019 season. Giolito is the first White Sox hurler to be named a Pitcher of the Month since Chris Sale in 2015.
Giolito has made a remarkable turnaround from his first full season in the big leagues last year, when he had the highest ERA and WHIP among baseball’s qualified starting pitchers.