Red Sox confirm top pitching prospect, 2024 draft pick may be called up in September

WooSox pitcher Payton Tolle gets ready to throw a pitch during his first Triple-A start on Aug. 10, 2025 at Polar Park. | WooSox Photo/Ashley Green / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWhen Boston Red Sox 2024 second-round MLB Draft pick Payton Tolle started the season in High-A, few considered him a 2025 major league roster option. When Tolle got rocked to the tune of six runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings in his professional debut, somehow less than no one was considering him as an option for the 2025 Red Sox roster.

The odds have drastically improved with basically every pitch he’s thrown since that April 8 start (which it should be noted was played in a legendarily hitter-friendly…