Tolle's Second Start: Poise & Pitching

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Peyton Toley, Boston's top pitching prospect, took the mound for his second big league

start, Tuesday against the Blue Jays at Roger Center, but the Red Sox fell in a three-nothing

shutout loss.

The 23-year-old right-hander went 4.2 innings, giving up two runs before getting charged

with a third on an inherited runner.

He racked up four strikeouts on 68 pitches, leaning hard on his fastball mix.

Coming off an electric debut last Thursday at Fenway, with 11 strikeouts against the

Yankees, Toley didn't quite match that fire.

His velocity dipped a bit, and he threw mostly fastballs, sinkers, and cutters, 62 in total,

while mixing in just six off-speed pitches.

Still, he looked comfy early, holding Toronto to one hit his first time through the order.

After a manager Chad Tracy kept expectations in check beforehand, knowing Toley's heavy

workload from New York meant he wouldn't go deep.

Trouble hit in the third with two outs when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto

smashed balls to the wall, plating two runs.

Boston's defense billed him out with a laser throw from Roman Anthony to Nav Okamoto

at second.

Toley settled in for a clean fourth, then walked the first two of the fifth before

that Kelly came in.

His south paw climbed fast after the Red Sox grabbed him in the second round of the

2024 draft out of TCU, rocketing through four levels.

Last year in refining his curveball and change up this spring in AAA Worcester.

Overall, Toley showed poise beyond his years against another tough division foe, building

that big league resume once started a time while rounding.

Out his arsenal for the long haul.