Payton Tolle draws an impressive comparison: A little over a year after the Red Sox selected left-hander Payton Tolle in the second round of the MLB Draft (50th overall), the 22-year-old is reportedly set to make his big league debut.
According to MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Tolle is “expected” to make his first career start for the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
As Rosenthal noted, it’s a “meteoric rise” for the talented youngster. Tolle has a combined 3.