FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet led all major league pitchers with 255 strikeouts in 2025. But the 26-year-old lefty didn’t punch out any Tampa Bay Rays hitters over two scoreless innings in his 2026 spring training debut Thursday at JetBlue Park.

Every now and then, you need to lighten things up to break up the monotony of Spring Training. In lefty Payton Tolle, who is probably the most fun-loving person on the Red Sox’s Spring Training roster,

BREAKDOWN: The Red Sox scored six of their seven runs in the fourth inning with two outs, a rally keyed by two-run doubles from Trevor Story (two doubles on the day) and Caleb Durbin. Garrett Crochet worked around a hit,

Spring training is in full swing and it has — in a positive development for the Red Sox — been a relatively mellow one in Fort Myers. With four weeks to go, here's how we project the 26-man roster will look in Cincinnati.

The Boston Red Sox acquired Johan Oviedo in the offseason, and he is competing for the final spot in the Red Sox's rotation.

The righthander was erratic, tossing only 15 of 33 pitches for strikes, walking three and hitting a batter and giving up a hit in 1⅔ innings.