Pitcher · 2026
Lucas Giolito
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Number
- #55
- Born
- July 14, 1994 in Santa Monica, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- June 28, 2016
- Drafted
- 2012, round 1
- High school
- Harvard-Westlake
- Salary, 2026
- $2.56M
- dbWAR
- 1.1 2 season(s)
- IP
- 29.2
- ERA
- 5.16
- FIP
- 6.05
- K/9
- 5.5
- FIP−
- 145 100 = avg
Lucas Giolito is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2026 he struck out 18 batters over 29.2 innings across 7 appearances, 5 of them starts, going 2-3. His ERA of 5.16 was 23.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 15th of 18 on his team, and 364th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.05 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.0% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.0%. His -0.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 71 | 57 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 5 | .351 | .479 | .456 | .425 | 7.0% |
| vs RHB | 67 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 13 | .211 | .328 | .368 | .318 | 19.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Lucas Giolito throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 229 | 90.8 | 2,143 | 43.2% | 16.7% | |
| Changeup | 191 | 79.0 | 1,541 | 39.8% | 24.4% | |
| Slider | 94 | 83.2 | 1,827 | 31.9% | 48.6% | |
| Curveball | 37 | 76.9 | 2,226 | 21.6% | 7.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 5 | 29.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 5.16 | 6.05 | 1.85 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 124 | 145 | -0.4 | |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 145.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 55 | 121 | 56 | 3.41 | 4.17 | 1.29 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 82 | 100 | 1.4 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.