The Red Sox are expected to be without another starting pitcher to open the year in Lucas Giolito, who is dealing with a hamstring injury.

The Boston Red Sox will be down another starting pitcher to start the season, as Lucas Giolito will begin the year on the IL.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora told the Boston Globe on Thursday that veteran starter Lucas Giolito will miss Opening Day with a left hamstring injury. Giolito, who turns 31 in July, hurt himself on his first spring training pitch earlier this month. “We’re going to be tested right away,” Cora told the Globe’s Julian McWilliams.