Connelly Early 2026 Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Exciting Debut Has Hype Soaring for Boston Southpaw
The 2025 season saw several Boston pitching prospects break out in the minor leagues, with Payton Tolle and Connelly Early both seeing time with the Red Sox down the stretch. In Early's four starts with the big club, he posted an impressive 2.33 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 5.1% walk rate, and a 36.7% strikeout rate in 19.1 innings. This comes after having a 2.60 ERA and 31.9% strikeout rate in 100.1 minor league innings. Early uses a deep six-pitch arsenal, headlined by a mid-90s fastball, low-80s curveball, and mid-80s changeup. In his limited time with Boston, all six of Early's offerings had a whiff rate above 23%, with three above 30%. He's also shown above-average command of his arsenal with the ability to generate plenty of groundballs as well. The upside is here for Early to be a Top-40 fantasy starting pitcher this season, but there's plenty of competition for that fifth rotation spot in Boston.
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