NEWS
8:26 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) fastball averaged 95 mph in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays, a drop from 97.1 during last Thursday's outing, Zack Worden of MLB.com reports.
6:05 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) is slated to make his next start Tuesday against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Chris Henrique of BostonSportsJournal.com reports.
1:50 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) Red Sox recalled Tolle from Triple-A Worcester on Thursday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
9:24 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) had a start skipped at Triple-A Worcester over the weekend as part of a contingency plan with weather threatening games in Boston, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
10:19 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over five scoreless innings for Triple-A Worcester in a win over Columbus on Sunday.
6:13 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) Red Sox optioned Tolle to minor-league camp Monday, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
6:42 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over three innings of relief in Tuesday's spring game against the Yankees.
4:38 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) 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.
12:44 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) allowed one run on one hit and struck out one over two innings in Saturday's spring game against the Twins.
9:35 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) plans to mix in more secondary offerings so that hitters don't sit on his fastball, Christoper Smith of MassLive.com reports.
8:03 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) allowed one unearned run on three hits while striking out four over three relief innings in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Athletics.
4:11 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) 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.
12:21 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) could be used in a bulk relief role by the Red Sox down the stretch, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
9:04 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) allowed two runs on three hits and struck out two over two innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Athletics.
10:52 AM - Payton Tolle (Bos) Sox manager Alex Cora said that Tolle will make an abbreviated start in Wednesday's game against the Athletics in Sacramento, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
3:26 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) won't start Wednesday's game against the A's but could still factor into the pitching plan, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
5:52 PM - Payton Tolle (Bos) Sox manager Alex Cora said that Tolle will start Friday's game against the Diamondbacks in Arizona, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
News supplied by Rotowire