Lucas Giolito

Because I ended the year injured.

That's how it works, man.

I mean...

you end the year you end the year hurt like you're not in a good spot to command you know a qualifying offer or whatever um so yeah moving on did you think that did you think if you weren't hurt at the end of the year that you would get it i don't know okay i'm just asking tough questions i mean yeah no idea

I thought it was obvious.

Yeah, I went into this offseason knowing full well I'd be a free agent.

You end the year hurt.

It puts a bad taste in the team's mouth.

It is what it is.

Now, the fortunate side is that it was the most benign, weird, freak injury that went away after a few days.

So now I'm like, great, I'm having a fully healthy, amazing offseason.

And yeah, but that kind of stuff happens.

That's just how it goes.

I'm used to bad luck stuff happening to me in my career, so I'm not surprised at all.

I mean, everyone that I talk to knows, yeah.

That was my initial feeling.

I made it clear to you.

I made it clear to everybody.

I'd love to come back here and continue to play for the Red Sox.

It's the most fun I've ever had having a season with a team in the big leagues.