Payton Tolle
22-Year-Old
2025 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
7.84
WHIP
1.65
K
12
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in August of 2025.
Appears pegged for bulk relief
Tolle could be used in a bulk relief role by the Red Sox down the stretch, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Tolle made an abbreviated start last week versus the Athletics, allowing two runs over two innings. Lucas Giolito and Brayan Bello have both been moved up ahead of Tolle to start Wednesday and Thursday against the Athletics, respectively, on regular rest. While Tolle could conceivably receive another start this weekend versus the Rays, it appears likelier at this point that both he and Kyle Harrison are looking at bulk relief roles down the stretch. Tolle struck out eight and yielded just two runs over 5.1 frames in his major-league debut Aug. 29, but he's permitted seven runs with a 4:4 K:BB across five innings in two outings since then.
Tolle made an abbreviated start last week versus the Athletics, allowing two runs over two innings. Lucas Giolito and Brayan Bello have both been moved up ahead of Tolle to start Wednesday and Thursday against the Athletics, respectively, on regular rest. While Tolle could conceivably receive another start this weekend versus the Rays, it appears likelier at this point that both he and Kyle Harrison are looking at bulk relief roles down the stretch. Tolle struck out eight and yielded just two runs over 5.1 frames in his major-league debut Aug. 29, but he's permitted seven runs with a 4:4 K:BB across five innings in two outings since then.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
65
Last 10 Games
65
Last 5 Games
65
How many pitches does Payton Tolle generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Payton Tolle generally pitch?
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-51%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-51%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .243 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .243 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-73%
ERA at Home
2025
-73%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.38 | 0.94 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 12.60 | 2.40 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.38 | 0.94 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2025Away | 12.60 | 2.40 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Payton Tolle compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.00K/9
10.5BB/9
5.2HR/9
3.5Fastball
96.0 mphERA
7.84WHIP
1.65BABIP
.290GB/FB
0.58Left On Base
70.2%Exit Velocity
83.2 mphBarrels/BBE
8.6%Spin Rate
2289 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.7%Swinging Strike
13.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Struggles in abbreviated start
Tolle allowed two runs on three hits and struck out two over two innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Athletics.
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In line for abbreviated start
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that Tolle will make an abbreviated start in Wednesday's game against the Athletics in Sacramento, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
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Not starting, could pitch Wednesday
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that Tolle won't start Wednesday's game against the Athletics in Sacramento but could still factor into the team's pitching plan that day, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Second start goes off rails
Tolle (0-1) allowed five runs on five hits and four walks while striking out two over three innings to take the loss Friday versus the Diamondbacks.
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Next start coming Friday
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that Tolle will start Friday's game against the Diamondbacks in Arizona, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
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In line to see major-league action?
Tolle is a candidate to make his major-league debut for the Red Sox in 2025, per Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com.
Analysis
Tolle, who started the season in High-A Greenville, was promoted to Triple-A Worcester in early August after a brief stint in Double-A Portland. The 22-year-old southpaw has tossed 86.2 innings across all three levels while posting a 12.9 K/9 over that span. As of right now, there hasn't been any discussion between Tolle and the Worcester coaching staff about a move to the bullpen ahead of a potential MLB call-up. However, it's worth noting that Walker Buehler has been moved from the Red Sox's rotation to the bullpen for the rest of the season, so there could be a fit in the rotation.
Tolle, who started the season in High-A Greenville, was promoted to Triple-A Worcester in early August after a brief stint in Double-A Portland. The 22-year-old southpaw has tossed 86.2 innings across all three levels while posting a 12.9 K/9 over that span. As of right now, there hasn't been any discussion between Tolle and the Worcester coaching staff about a move to the bullpen ahead of a potential MLB call-up. However, it's worth noting that Walker Buehler has been moved from the Red Sox's rotation to the bullpen for the rest of the season, so there could be a fit in the rotation.