2026 Red Sox/MLB Season Thread

[ozgod]

Bello has been sent to Triple A.

The Red Sox have made a decision on what to do with righthander Brayan Bello. The team has optioned him to Triple-A Worcester, according to a MLB source.

With a 2-6 record and 6.34 ERA, the season could not be going much worse for Bello. But his first-innings numbers are eye-popping. After allowing six runs before the Red Sox grabbed their bats in Thursday?s 8-2 loss to the Orioles, the 27-year-old has allowed 15 runs ? all earned ? in eight starts, a 16.88 ERA with a WHIP of 3.13.

He has a 10.35 ERA in the eight times he has started a game and a 0.71 ERA in the four games the Red Sox have utilized an opener for him.

Related: Brayan Bello?s struggles as a starter make it impossible for Red Sox to keep him in the rotation
In his previous appearance before Thursday, Bello pitched seven scoreless innings against the Guardians last Friday, but the Red Sox lost, 4-3, as Tyler Samaniego surrendered four runs on six hits in the first.

Bello?s previous start came May 17 in Atlanta, an 8-1 loss in which he allowed three runs in the first and two more in the second. His final line read, seven runs on eight hits over five innings.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/04/sports/red-sox-brayan-bello/

[Goldstar88]

Bello has been sent to Triple A.

The Red Sox have made a decision on what to do with righthander Brayan Bello. The team has optioned him to Triple-A Worcester, according to a MLB source.

With a 2-6 record and 6.34 ERA, the season could not be going much worse for Bello. But his first-innings numbers are eye-popping. After allowing six runs before the Red Sox grabbed their bats in Thursday?s 8-2 loss to the Orioles, the 27-year-old has allowed 15 runs ? all earned ? in eight starts, a 16.88 ERA with a WHIP of 3.13.

He has a 10.35 ERA in the eight times he has started a game and a 0.71 ERA in the four games the Red Sox have utilized an opener for him.

Related: Brayan Bello?s struggles as a starter make it impossible for Red Sox to keep him in the rotation
In his previous appearance before Thursday, Bello pitched seven scoreless innings against the Guardians last Friday, but the Red Sox lost, 4-3, as Tyler Samaniego surrendered four runs on six hits in the first.

Bello?s previous start came May 17 in Atlanta, an 8-1 loss in which he allowed three runs in the first and two more in the second. His final line read, seven runs on eight hits over five innings.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/04/sports/red-sox-brayan-bello/

They should have sent him down as soon as this became an issue so that he could work it out of his system in the minors. Instead, they?ve tried to bandaid the situation which resulted in a bunch of losses.

Wonder who they give the 5th starting spot to at this point.

[Vermont Green]

I am sure Bello is not happy about this but he needs to demonstrate that he has this figured out.  He says that he is a starter, he needs to prove it.  Prove he can get out of the first inning.  I think he will, the "stuff" seems to be there.  He needs to understand that the result for him have not been acceptable.  This is on him.  It is more than just a bad season.

[Goldstar88]

I am sure Bello is not happy about this but he needs to demonstrate that he has this figured out.  He says that he is a starter, he needs to prove it.  Prove he can get out of the first inning.  I think he will, the "stuff" seems to be there.  He needs to understand that the result for him have not been acceptable.  This is on him.  It is more than just a bad season.

One of the few good moves the team has made sending him down to the minors.

Sounds like Jake Bennett will take his spot.

[Phantom255x]

I will lose my mind if Breslow tries to buy at the deadline to "save his job" instead of selling Chapman, Gray, etc. etc. at the deadline. Some of these guys especially Chapman can get back a haul at the deadline.

[Goldstar88]

I will lose my mind if Breslow tries to buy at the deadline to "save his job" instead of selling Chapman, Gray, etc. etc. at the deadline. Some of these guys especially Chapman can get back a haul at the deadline.

What do you mean? The Sox are only like 3 games out of a wildcard spot. 

[Phantom255x]

FIRE BRESLOW

[Jiri Welsch]

The last 10 days has pretty much cemented that this team is awful.

I actually hope they go on an extreme losing streak so the organization can't trick itself into thinking they have a chance before the deadline.

This season has been a worst-case scenario. Best pitcher injured, "best" (i.e. most potential) hitter injured, trading viable starting pitching prospects for middling infielders, firing an entire coaching staff in a "Red Wedding" fashion, Bello imploding, Crawford/Gonzalez/Casas/Oviedo all not making an appearance during the first half of the season, Duran/Yoshida/Durbin/Story all being the absolute worst version of themselves. I'm sure there's more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

[Roy H.]

FIRE BRESLOW

Fire John Henry.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Trade all the good players and fire the rest. This team's future is as bleak as it's ever looked. All of the cost-controlled young players are giving the team exactly what you'd expect from low-cost options: not much. So far, Campbell, Mayer, Duran, and Rafaela have disappointed, Anthony's been okay (when healthy), Wong never panned out, Narvaez's good rookie season seems like an anomaly, and several of the young pitchers (Crawford, Houck, Bello) have been bad and/or injured too often. Maybe keep Tolle, Early, Anthony, and Crochet and trade everyone else.

[ozgod]

Useless bunch of no hopers 

[byennie]

Trade all the good players and fire the rest. This team's future is as bleak as it's ever looked. All of the cost-controlled young players are giving the team exactly what you'd expect from low-cost options: not much. So far, Campbell, Mayer, Duran, and Rafaela have disappointed, Anthony's been okay (when healthy), Wong never panned out, Narvaez's good rookie season seems like an anomaly, and several of the young pitchers (Crawford, Houck, Bello) have been bad and/or injured too often. Maybe keep Tolle, Early, Anthony, and Crochet and trade everyone else.

It's definitely bleak, but I'd disagree about Rafaela at least. He's arguably the best defensive CF in the league and is hitting .281 with 15-20 home run power. Not a superstar but someone you're very happy with when he's batting 7th instead of 2nd, and not overpaid.

I never much liked Bello, he always seemed like the classic immature case that was going to have one issue after the other, even if he was pretty good for stretches. If you fix his yips or whatever is going on, someone might bite. His contract is reasonable for the upside if you can get someone to buy into a change of scenery, but man, he's in AAA right now. Not exactly a selling point.

You can't really gain anything from trading Campbell or Mayer with their values at an all-time low. Mayer seems like one of those classic top prospects where you look at this pro numbers, and he's literally never been very good, just ok, and kept getting promoted. When did he ever hit, since high school? Campbell got hot for half a season and probably should be a AA player with the holes in his approach, but we already rushed him to the majors. Whiff.

At least our young pitching has been a life saver. Tolle and Early should both be in the rotation for years. Bennett is still figuring it out, but has a chance to stick as maybe a young #4 guy? Eyanson should be up next year if things go well, and Crochet will be back. Suarez is solid. "Pretty good young pitching" is not nearly enough to save this roster, but at least it's a hard piece to get that we already have.

Beyond that, who knows. We need Anthony to come back and play at an All-Star level, and add another bat. A pathetic lineup that makes say 3 significant upgrades can be above average pretty quick. One can hope. If we were still a major market team we'd just buy at least a DH that can hit 40 homeruns, or stick a big bat in RF and trade Duran for an infielder. Etc.

[jambr380]

The last 10 days has pretty much cemented that this team is awful.

I actually hope they go on an extreme losing streak so the organization can't trick itself into thinking they have a chance before the deadline.

This season has been a worst-case scenario. Best pitcher injured, "best" (i.e. most potential) hitter injured, trading viable starting pitching prospects for middling infielders, firing an entire coaching staff in a "Red Wedding" fashion, Bello imploding, Crawford/Gonzalez/Casas/Oviedo all not making an appearance during the first half of the season, Duran/Yoshida/Durbin/Story all being the absolute worst version of themselves. I'm sure there's more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

Yeah, I know everybody is on the Fire Breslow bandwagon - and I am kind of like a whatever on that - but it really couldn't have gone much worse, as outlined by you above.

At least we didn't sign Bregman, Alonso, or Bichette like people were clamoring for. And we actually did put the Bregman money (who also looks terrible) to decent use with Contreras, Suarez, and Gray.

Losing our Ace and our 'best' player while also suffering massive slumps from so many others has just been a disaster. This year is a lost cause, so I do hope we sell off a bunch of veteran pieces, but I don't think the future is particularly bleak. Even the Story and Yoshida contracts come off the books after 2027. We don't have a ton of bad money tied up in the future.

[Vermont Green]

I get that this has been a frustrating season but I feel there are more keepers than some are saying as part of their vents.  I like the outfield, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony could still be one of the best Outfields in the game.  Overall, the pitching is good.  Bello may snap out of it, Crochet will be back at some point, no need to blow up the pitching, starters or bullpen.

But the infield, Contreras is fine, really good actually, but big questions with Mayer and Durbin have been major disappointments as the future SS and 3B.  2B is a big issue too as is catcher.

What I am seeing does not make me think that trying to build by signing young players is necessarily the wrong strategy, but you have to sign the right young players.  Same with signing vets, whether or not it is a better or worse strategy, you have to sign the right players.  The Sox so far have not hit on the young players, but that does not mean that signing young players is always wrong or an indication that the team is cheap.

[Jiri Welsch]

I get that this has been a frustrating season but I feel there are more keepers than some are saying as part of their vents.  I like the outfield, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony could still be one of the best Outfields in the game.  Overall, the pitching is good.  Bello may snap out of it, Crochet will be back at some point, no need to blow up the pitching, starters or bullpen.

But the infield, Contreras is fine, really good actually, but big questions with Mayer and Durbin have been major disappointments as the future SS and 3B.  2B is a big issue too as is catcher.

What I am seeing does not make me think that trying to build by signing young players is necessarily the wrong strategy, but you have to sign the right young players.  Same with signing vets, whether or not it is a better or worse strategy, you have to sign the right players.  The Sox so far have not hit on the young players, but that does not mean that signing young players is always wrong or an indication that the team is cheap.

I think this is mostly right. Basically they need better 3B, SS, 2B and DH. And right now they're getting bottom of the league production there.

Long term, they also need Anthony to be elite.