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Red Boston socks Launcher Lucas Giolito is concerned with the safety of MLB players in the midst of an increase in sports bets, revealing that both he and his girlfriend have been harassed on social networks.
Giolito, 31, spoke on the subject after meeting with the MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred, this week. He told “Baseball is not boring” The podcast that Manfred met with the red socks and the Philadelphia Philis to discuss topics and concerns and that took the opportunity to raise a problem that he believes is a serious threat to most baseball players.
The titular pitcher of the Red Sox of Boston, Lucas Giolito, #54, reacts after a punch to finish the third entry against the Seattle sailors in the T-Mobile Park on June 16, 2025. (Joe Nicholson-Imagn images)
“I asked about something that has been in my mind this year that has been a bit worrying for me with the emergence of sports bets, the access that now exists with social networks and everything,” said Giolito.
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“Threats when a player does not work well, threats to his family, threats to his life, is becoming very exhausting. I am worried about the guys that are perhaps new in the league and are not ready for something like that.”
The 2019 All-Star said it has been subjected to angry threats on social networks, regardless of their performance. He pointed out that even his girlfriend “receives many S — unpleasant.”
“When it comes to the game, it has obviously created an increase in crazy people online, well, not crazy, simply discontent. I am receiving messages after each game, even games in which I launch well where they are made to me because I hit the attack instead of being low, or I have been instead of being like a support commitment.”
The Boston Red Sox pitcher, Lucas Giolito and his girlfriend, sit on the court on the second quarter of a game between Connecticut Sun and Indiana Faver in TD Garden on July 15, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe through Getty Images)
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Giolito admitted that, although sports bets have existed for some time, access to players in social networks and access to the game has made it a major problem over the years. While staying out of social networks can protect the players from negativity, Giolito said he does not eliminate the true threat that athletes could face.
“It only goes so far,” he said. “Are you going to take a player attacked in front of his apartment building for a discontent guy who lost a commitment to real measures?”
Giolito said he appreciated the commissioner talking with teams and players, adding that “being able to get face to face and ask questions is always good.”
The starter of the Red Sox of Boston, Lucas Giolito, #54, leaves a baseball game against the Chicago puppies during the sixth entry in Wrigley Field on July 18, 2025. (Images of Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn)
However, Giolito is not the first athlete to raise concerns about sports bets, and he is certainly not the first MLB player to be subjected to alarming threats.
Last month, the Police in Texas identified a man abroad as the culprit who allegedly made death threats aimed at Houston stars Lance McCullers Jr. and his family in May. Police said the man was “drunk” when he made the threats on social networks after he lost money in a bet.
The stars hired security for McCullers and their family. McCullers said he fought to explain the situation to his 5 -year -old daughter.
“She asked me when I got home, ‘Dad, like, what are threats? Who wants to hurt us? Who wants to hurt me?'” McCullers told The Associated Press at that time. “Then, those conversations are difficult to treat.”
