Brayan Bello probably won’t be the next Pedro Martinez. Brayan Bello could be a really good major-league pitcher.
Both of those statements can be true at once. Neither statement was proven right or wrong by Bello’s debut on Wednesday, but neither statement was ever going to be proven right or wrong on Wednesday anyway.
“If it’s three innings and five runs, that doesn’t mean he’s going to fail at this level,” Alex Cora said prior to Wednesday’s game.