Red Sox call up No. 1 prospect to start in place of Sonny Gray
The Boston Red Sox are calling up left-hander Payton Tolle to start on Thursday against the New York Yankees in place of the injured Sonny Gray.
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The Boston Red Sox 's starting rotation has not been great this season, ranking in the bottom five in ERA (5. 05). It also doesn’t help that their ace, left-hander Garrett Crochet (2-3, with a 7.
88 ERA), hasn’t been pitching well. If things couldn’t get any worse for the starting staff, right-hander Sonny Gray was placed on the injured list after leaving his start on Monday with a right hamstring strain. Missing his start on Thursday against the New York Yankees , the Red Sox made a roster move to call up their top prospect to fill in.
The Boston Red Sox call up Payton Tolle to start in place of Sonny Gray According to MassLive. com’s Chris Cotillo , the Red Sox are calling up their top prospect, left-hander Payton Tolle, to start in place of Gray. Tolle, 23, is also the 15th-best prospect in Major League Baseball.