Right-hander Brayan Bello and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a six-year, $55 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, locking up the hard-throwing 24-year-old whose changeup is already one of the best in Major League Baseball.
The deal includes a seventh-year club option worth $21 million, according to sources.
In his first full big league season last year, Bello went 12-11 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 132 against 45 walks in 157 innings. For an organization that has struggled in recent years to develop big league starting pitching, Bello is a success story -- and he should help anchor Boston's rotation into the 2030s.