To fill the 28th roster spot, the Boston Red Sox will be calling up prospect right-hander Jedixson Páez from Triple-A Worcester. He will be making his first career start with the club Tuesday night against the Seattle Mariners.
Jedixson Paez is a fantastic underdog story
Páez has hit a long road in his career. Boston signed him out of Venezuela for $450,000 back in 2021. He dominated in his debut season that same year with the DSL Red Sox, posting a 2.86 ERA in 50 1/3 innings pitched, striking out 49 batters while walking only nine.
In 2022, with the FCL Red Sox, he posted a 3.63 ERA while striking out 49 batters in 57 innings pitched. He pitched for Salem in 2023 and was promoted to High-A Greenville on May 30, 2024. He stayed with Greenville throughout the 2025 season, but missed most of it due to a right calf strain he suffered after his seventh start.
In the offseason, the Chicago White Sox selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in December of 2025, and he was in their bullpen by proxy. He made his major league debut and only lasted three starts with Chicago, giving up six earned runs in just three innings, two home runs, and walking three batters.
Since the White Sox weren't willing to let him stay on their major league roster, they had officially returned Páez to the Red Sox on April 4. The Red Sox placed Páez in Double-A, where he posted a 4.41 ERA with 56 strikeouts and 49 innings pitched. He was promoted to Triple-A on August 11, where he put up much better stats. He posted a 1.92 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings pitched, where his arsenal started to thrive.
Jedixson Paez has the stuff to contribute in Boston for the long haul
Páez is a pitcher with very good control. In fact, he was one of the best in that facet in the minors. He has a fastball that reaches 94 mph, but it deceives batters with excellent sink and rise in his four-seam and two-seam grips. His cutter reaches the high-80s, but he controls it so well that it can be lethal as a back-door pitch. He also throws a curveball when he needs to. But his best pitches are his changeup and slider.
Combined with his two-seam, four-seam, and cutter, his changeup is one of the best in the minors, with deception due to his arm speed. Much like fellow Red Sox prospect Sadbiel Delzine, Páez is very effective against left-handed hitters with that pitch. As for his slider, he improved it greatly this season in the minors, where he has an advanced feel for it with a high spin rate. That and the changeup are his knockout pitches.
Just this season, from making his major league debut to rebuilding his stock in the minors and getting recalled in September, has been such a journey for Páez. This 22-year-old will attempt to prove all the doubters wrong on Tuesday night.
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