Brayan Bello has been performing decently since returning to Boston's starting rotation, showing resolve in his initial outings. However, his recent start reveals underlying issues; specifically, after a strong five-inning shutout effort, he faltered in the sixth, allowing a three-run home run. Although Boston welcomes the positive results amid rotation health struggles, Bello's pitch usage and effectiveness raise concerns. Notably, he employed a four-seam fastball at a much higher rate than last season but struggled with command, as demonstrated by a very low swing percentage on pitches that were thrown in the zone.
"Prior to that, a shutout performance is obviously impressive from a guy who's had serious ups and downs at the major league level both in individual starts and over the span of his career."
"While these results are positive and something Boston will definitely take as it looks to get its rotation completely healthy for the first time this season over the next couple of weeks, the underlying numbers behind it all aren't great."
"He only threw 32% of these pitches in the zone, as it seemed he was using the pitch moreso as a temptation opportunity in certain counts."
"Bello was definitely trying out some new things in yesterday's start, as he interestingly used a four-seam fastball a whopping 25% of the time yesterday, after using it just 5% of the time last year."
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