Abraham Toro provided a pleasant little spark early in his stint with the Red Sox. But, unfortunately, he has since succumbed to the unyielding forces of baseball, turning back into the Abraham Toro he has essentially always been. Kristian Campbell, meanwhile, has found something in AAA, putting up an OPS over .900 this month while mostly playing first base. So is it time for Campbell to make a triumphant return to the big leagues? Not so fast, warns Alex Cora, who says that Campbell is still struggling with many of the same issues that plagued his time with the Red Sox, like pitch recognition and strikeouts. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
But there might be someone else down in Worcester who could be called up to help the big league club: pitcher Payton Tolle, who is rounding out an outstandi