The Red Sox have called up top pitching prospect Payton Tolle, who will make his MLB debut Friday night at Fenway Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The power lefty has been filthy at three different levels of Boston's farm system in 2025, and will now get to toe the rubber in the big leagues. He's being thrown right into the fire, as Tolle will square off with Pirates ace Paul Skenes -- one of the best pitchers in baseball -- Friday night.

But Tolle has succeeded at every level this season, and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and manager Alex Cora are hoping he'll give the back-end of the Boston rotation a much-needed injection of talent over the final month of the regular season.

Who is Payton Tolle?

Tolle is a big fella at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds. He's got a fastball that rea

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