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The Boston Red Sox have called up their top prospect, Payton Tolle, to start in place of injured pitcher Sonny Gray. Gray is on the injured list due to a right hamstring strain.
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The Boston Red Sox's starting rotation has not been great this season, ranking in the bottom five in ERA (5.05). It also doesnāt help that their ace, left-hander Garrett Crochet (2-3, with a 7.88 ERA), hasnāt been pitching well.
If things couldnāt get any worse for the starting staff, right-hander Sonny Gray was placed on the injured list after leaving his start on Monday with a right hamstring strain. Missing his start on Thursday against the New York Yankees, the Red Sox made a roster move to call up their top prospect to fill in.
According toĀ MassLive.comās Chris Cotillo, the Red Sox are calling up their top prospect, left-hander Payton Tolle, to start in place of Gray. Tolle, 23, is also the 15th-best prospect in Major League Baseball.
Tolle did pitch in the big leagues with the Red Sox last season, struggling with a 6.06 ERA in seven games (three starts). This season, the Oklahoma native is performing better, with a 2-0 record, a 4.80 ERA, and 19 strikeouts in 15.0 innings.
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Payton Tolle is the Boston Red Sox's top prospect, called up to start due to Sonny Gray's injury.
Sonny Gray is on the injured list with a right hamstring strain.
The Red Sox's starting rotation ranks in the bottom five in ERA, currently at 5.05.

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The one issue the Red Sox face in bringing Tolle up is how well he will perform. It has been 11 days since Tolle last pitched (April 12), when he went five innings, allowed one walk and struck out six.
If anything happens, the Red Sox have left-hander Eduardo Rivera ā Rivera was promoted from Double-A Portland (Maine) on Wednesday ā able to come out of the bullpen in long relief if need be. With the thought that Gray will only need this injured list stint to recover, Tolle will have to shine to stay up longer with the team.
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