Red Sox Will Negotiate Extension With Brayan Bello

The Boston Red Sox seem to have found their first big pitching prospect since Clay Buchholz’s debut in 2007 in the form of Brayan Bello. The pitcher did not have the best of years in 2022, when he played for the first time in the Major Leagues, but after his rookie season, he seems to have put things in order and in fifteen outings he has a 3.14 ERA in 86 innings, with a WHIP of 1.198 and a FIP of 3.92, considerable improvements over his first season.

Now, seeing the great potential that the player has and Boston’s need for more players with their own development, everything indicates that the team intends to sit down at the negotiating table to reach an agreement that allows them to stay at Nice for a long time. According to The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey, assistant general manager Chaim Bloom Eddie Romero indicated that the team was open to negotiations.

“We see it on a case-by-case basis. There is no guide for that, but I think Brayan (Bello) is a special case and we will do our best to talk to him and his group. He’s basically done everything he has to do and what he wants from a young starting pitcher in this organization and he’s done it the right way. He is a great teammate, he has improved the quality of his material, he works very hard and he has earned the respect of everyone here, so obviously we want him to stay with us,” Romero noted to McCaffrey.

For his part, a few weeks ago, Bello expressed during an interview his desire to stay in Boston, but indicated that any negotiations must be done after the season is over.

“If (Red Sox) want to talk to my representatives, that’s something I don’t know, because I told them that any talk about an extension has to happen in the offseason, I don’t want to hear any of that during the season, because I want to focus on finish well, so that good things happen to me”, indicated the Dominican pitcher to Rob Bradford of WEEI.

“I want to stay in the organization. This is the team that has given me the opportunity to be somebody and I love being here,” added Bello.