There's a range of outcomes between Jonathan Papelbon and Abe Alvarez, and where Brayan Bello falls on that spectrum could influence the fate of the 2022 Red Sox.
Alvarez you probably need a refresher on. He entered the 2004 season as Boston's top pitching prospect, one spot ahead of a young left-hander named Jon Lester. The lefty out of Long Beach State only threw about 88 mph and was blind in one eye, but he had an advanced feel for pitching, so the story went.
The Red Sox summoned him in July of 2004 to start the opener of a doubleheader vs. the Orioles. It took exactly four batters for All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada to dent the Coke bottles in left field and that was pretty much the end of that. Alvarez appeared in only three more games over the next two years and retired with an 11.32 ERA.
Bello will chart his own course starting Wednesday vs. the Rays. With the starting staff suddenly beset by injuries, the Red Sox are summoning Bello probably a little sooner than they'd like, but not by much. He opened the season as Boston's No. 5 prospect and
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