Payton Tolle recall signals Red Sox shift to youth in pivotal Yankees finale
Tolle has to chance to redeem himself after a rocky 2025 debut.
Payton Tolle recall signals Red Sox shift to youth in pivotal Yankees finale originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox went into this season thinking their strength that would win them games would be their pitching staff, and so far, it’s been one of their biggest weaknesses.
And now, one of their starters in Sonny Gray is on the IL , and his start today needs to be filled as a replacement. It seems they found their answer though, and it was the most logical one. The Sox decided to once again call up their No.
1 prospect, and No. 15 in the MLB, lefty starting pitcher Payton Tolle from AAA Worcester. “The #RedSox today recalled left-handed pitcher Payton Tolle from Triple-A Worcester.
To make room on the active roster, Boston optioned left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rivera to Worcester following last night’s game,” the Sox tweeted out on X . Tolle’s 2025 season was a learning experience © Brad Penner-Imagn Images Tolle made his MLB debut last season on August 29th, where he went five and a third innings against the NL Cy Young Paul Skenes, only giving up two runs and getting eight strikeouts. After that, Tolle did struggle quite a bit .