If you had placed a $100 bet on every starting pitcher in every start they have made this season, Lucas Giolito would enter Friday as the most profitable pitcher in the majors. According to OddsShark, you’d be up $955 this season — and he has found his way into the early Cy Young discussion.
Giolito (9-1) has more complete games, two, than losses thus far with a 2.28 ERA. Considering his ERA was 6.13 last season, it is a remarkable turnaround and it all begins with his command. Last season, Giolito was averaging 4.7 walks per nine innings.