The Boston Red Sox decided to call upon highly-touted prospect Payton Tolle to come into their starting rotation for the final month of the regular season. Tolle has done nothing but impress in the minor leagues, and even in his first career start, he was very impressive — going toe to toe with Paul Skenes and endearing himself to the Red Sox fanbase even though they weren't able to get the win. Alas, his second career start did not go quite as swimmingly.

On Friday, Tolle started against the Arizona Diamondbacks and was blown up in the early goings, allowing five earned runs in just 3.0 innings of work, leaving Red Sox manager Alex Cora no choice but to pull him early in an eventual 10-5 loss for Boston. While the Red Sox are sitting comfortably in a playoff spot at the moment, they

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