Red Sox' Brayan Bello enjoying the offseason with family, reflects on being the first baseball player from Las Galeras, DR; 'it's an honor'
The Red Sox farm system has not been known for developing impact frontline starting pitching. Over the years the system has gotten stronger and there is a handful of young arms that could impact the Red Sox rotation in the next couple of seasons.
Kutter Crawford and Brayan Bello are the two latest pitchers that have come up through Boston’s system and have been impactful starters. Bello offers more upside than Crawford, but both pitchers have made positive contributions to the pitching staff the last two seasons.
Bello finished his second season in the majors making 28 starts, with a 12-11 record, 132 strikeouts, 4.24 ERA over 157 innings of work.
Bello looked at his 2023 season as something he can build off of as he prepares for 2024 this winter in the Dominican Republic. He’s expected to mix in regular workouts (roughly every week or two) at the Sox’ Dominican Academy, according to The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier.
“I don’t want to stop working,” Bello said through a translator to Speier of The Boston Globe. “We’re going to try to improve my body and also try to improve on the things that didn’t go well this year to try to be in a better shape and a better state overall when I report to spring training.”
The potential future ace of the Red Sox is focused on 2024 and making another huge leap forward. Right now, Bello is just enjoying his offseason in the Dominican Republic spending time with family and friends.
“I always enjoy and feel happy when I have the opportunity to spend time with my people, all of that,” said Bello in a video on Red Sox social media. “It makes me feel good to try and spend as much time possible with my people.”
Bello also took time to reflect on being the first baseball player form Las Galeras, a Municipal district of the provincial capital Santa Barbara de Samana, a province on the northeast coast of the DR.
“It’s an honor, because I’m one of the first baseball players to make it to the big leagues from here, from Las Galeras, from Sanamas,” said Bello.
“There have been a few more players to make it. But from here, from Las Galeras, I’m the first to make it to MLB.I think it is also a door that I was able to open for people here to know that hey can be someone and have a great future,” added Bello. “I noticed that when I signed with the Red Sox, there has been other players to sign professional contracts as well,” added Bello.
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