Payton Tolle
23-Year-Old
2025 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
6.06
WHIP
1.59
K
19
SV
0
2026 Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Tolle was the No. 50 overall pick in 2024, and in 2025 he had one of the best debut seasons of a pitching prospect in recent memory. An intimidating presence on the mound, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound mustachioed Tolle added a couple ticks to his fastball after getting drafted, which significantly raised his ceiling. He logged a 3.04 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 30.2 K-BB% in 91.2 innings while climbing from High-A to Triple-A. Tolle logged an unlucky 6.06 ERA across 16.1 innings in the majors to close the year and pitched out of the bullpen during the postseason. He is a flyball pitcher, but even so, his 27.8% HR/FB in the majors was a significant outlier, and he was uncharacteristically wild, logging a 10.8 BB% after posting a 6.3 BB% in the minors. Tolle's power attack starts with his upper-90s fastball, which averaged 96.6 mph and touched 99.7 mph in 2025. He rounds things out with a cutter, changeup, curveball and slider, with none of his pitches averaging less than 83 mph. Tolle's poor MLB results and the chance that he opens the year at Triple-A should keep his redraft price affordable all offseason, but prior to his MLB debut, he was seen as one of the best pitching prospects in the minors. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in August of 2025.
Likely bound for Triple-A
Tolle is expected to be optioned to Triple-A Worcester to begin the season if frontrunner Johan Oviedo wins the final spot in Boston's rotation, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
Analysis
Tolle is one of the organization's top prospects and made his MLB debut last year, but he's not likely to secure a place in the Opening Day rotation given how well the Red Sox improved their rotation during the offseason. The improved rotation depth serves an additional purpose for Boston, as it should allow the organization to secure an additional year of service time for Tolle, as long as he spends at least 46 days in the minors this season.
Tolle is one of the organization's top prospects and made his MLB debut last year, but he's not likely to secure a place in the Opening Day rotation given how well the Red Sox improved their rotation during the offseason. The improved rotation depth serves an additional purpose for Boston, as it should allow the organization to secure an additional year of service time for Tolle, as long as he spends at least 46 days in the minors this season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
39
Last 10 Games
39
Last 5 Games
23
How many pitches does Payton Tolle generally throw?
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What part of the game does Payton Tolle generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-13%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-13%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .308 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .269 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .308 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .269 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 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
-83%
ERA at Home
2025
-83%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 1.93 | 0.96 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 1.9 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 11.57 | 2.43 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.93 | 0.96 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2025Away | 11.57 | 2.43 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||||
| 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
2.38K/9
10.5BB/9
4.4HR/9
2.8Fastball
96.9 mphERA
6.06WHIP
1.59BABIP
.325GB/FB
1.07Left On Base
73.7%Exit Velocity
82.7 mphBarrels/BBE
5.6%Spin Rate
2306 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.1%Swinging Strike
15.5%Prospect Rankings History
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Makes spring debut
Tolle allowed one run on one hit and struck out one over two innings in Saturday's spring game against the Twins.
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Looking to protect fastball
Tolle plans to mix in more secondary offerings to complement his fastball during the upcoming season, Christoper Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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Makes relief appearance
Tolle allowed one unearned run on three hits while striking out four over three relief innings in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Athletics.
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Shifting to bullpen role
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Wednesday that Tolle will be used out of the bullpen for the remainder of the season, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
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Appears pegged for bulk relief
The Red Sox could use Tolle in a bulk-relief role over the final two weeks of the regular season, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
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Not expected to pitch in relief
Tolle isn't expected to pitch as a reliever if he doesn't make the rotation out of spring training, according to Sean McAdam of MassLive.com.
Analysis
The Red Sox are thin in terms of lefty relievers, as they have only three on their 40-man roster, but Tolle isn't expected to be considered as such in case he doesn't win a spot in the rotation out of spring training. Tolle made three starts and seven total appearances with the Red Sox in the 2025 regular season, posting a 6.06 ERA across 16.1 innings. He made his MLB debut on Aug. 29, 2025, so he doesn't have much experience at the big-league level.
The Red Sox are thin in terms of lefty relievers, as they have only three on their 40-man roster, but Tolle isn't expected to be considered as such in case he doesn't win a spot in the rotation out of spring training. Tolle made three starts and seven total appearances with the Red Sox in the 2025 regular season, posting a 6.06 ERA across 16.1 innings. He made his MLB debut on Aug. 29, 2025, so he doesn't have much experience at the big-league level.