Payton Tolle, a 22-year-old left-handed pitcher, received a promotion to the Boston Red Sox and was told he would pitch at Fenway Park against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The promotion was delivered by Triple-A Worcester manager Chad Tracy, and Tolle reacted with immediate emotion, rubbing his face and eyes and speaking with a shaky voice. Tolle began 2025 in High-A Greenville, advanced to Double-A Portland, reached Triple-A in early August, and made his Major League debut weeks later. Tolle lost his mother to colon cancer in May 2024 and was drafted by Boston two months after her passing.
Paul Skenes versus TBD. We were thinking of turning that TBD into Tolle. What do you think?
Sounds pretty good to me,
You think you can handle that? Fenway Park? You and Skenes?
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