The Red Sox will begin the 2024 season with the team’s youngest Opening Day starter in decades.
Brayan Bello, 24, was named by Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Tuesday as Boston’s pitcher to face the Mariners in the first game of the new season. Opening Day will be a road game for the Red Sox, getting underway at 10:10 p.m. EST in Seattle on Thursday, March 28.
Bello recently signed a six-year contract extension worth $55 million to stay with Boston. The Dominican Republic native went 12-11 last season with a 4.24 ERA.
According to Peter Abrabam of The Boston Globe, Bello (24 years, 11 months, 12 days) will be the youngest Red Sox starter on Opening Day since Aaron Sele (24 years, 11 months, 2 days) in 1995.