Rays call up RHP Joe Boyle, to start vs. Jays Monday

Field Level Media|published: Mon 15th September, 12:22 2025

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Aug 21, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Joe Boyle (36) leaves a game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth inning at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Right-handed pitcher Joe Boyle was called up from Triple-A Durham by the Tampa Bay Rays and will make the start against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays Monday night.

Boyle will face Toronto's top prospect, right-hander Trey Yesavage, who will be making his major league debut.

Boyle, 26, was optioned to Durham in late August after he allowed 16 runs (15 earned) over his previous three starts with the major league club. He is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA over 36 2/3 innings in 10 games (six starts) for the Rays this season.

Since being sent down to Durham, Boyle has notched a 2.08 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 13 innings, though he did issue 10 walks in that stretch.

A fifth-round pick of the Reds in the 2020 MLB Draft out of Notre Dame, Boyle is 6-9 at the major league level with a 5.29 ERA in 26 games (19 starts) with the Athletics (2023-24) and Rays.

In a corresponding move, the Rays optioned right-handed pitcher Garrett Acton to Triple-A. Acton, 27, saw one inning of work in which he gave up two walks.

The Rays open a four-game series Monday night against the Blue Jays, who enter the week with a four-game lead as they try to stave off the New York Yankees to maintain first place in the American League East.

--Field Level Media