Where did this reformed Brayan Bello come from?

Well, let’s first start with what’s not working for him: his changeup. Or, as I more eloquently put it a few weeks ago,:

andrew bailey took the changeup out back man https://t.co/DyQBwiDiO8

— Avery Hamel (@avcoleham) May 23, 2025

After deploying his sweeper and changeup at similar rates last season, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello’s changeup has completely fallen off this year. This has led to his sweeper becoming his prominent off-speed pitch by far since the second half of May.

Since then, he’s been able to pair this well with a sinker that has similar spin-based movement to the sweeper but is 10 mph faster and has the complete opposite spin direction.