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1 day agoRed Sox News & Links: Wilyer Abreu to return today (hopefully)
Wilyer Abreu expected to be activated while rookie Connelly Early starts; young pitchers have carried the late 2025 Red Sox.
Could (insert pitching prospect here) be the first front-of-the-rotation arm that the Red Sox have drafted and developed since Jon Lester? A question that I, and countless others, have uttered thousands of times in recent years now applies to Payton Tolle. For the first time, that question feels like it could be a "Yes," last night's results notwithstanding. But how many times have we been reeled in by that possibility over the last 20 years?
"I'm having a blast right now with these guys," Giolito said. "Every single game matters, so it just kind of adds that extra edge each time you take the ball, especially with the way our rotation's been going. Watching (Garrett) Crochet and (Brayan) Bello and Dustin May, who we recently acquired, watching them work, it adds extra motivation to keep up and keep putting up good performances."