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Baseball Isn’t Boring

Presser: Brayan Bello Explains Why He Left The WBC

13 Mar 2026

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What prompted Brayan Bello to leave the WBC and return to the Red Sox?

0.031 - 8.424 Brayan Bello

Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring, boring, boring. You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you, you, you.

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8.444 - 25.87 Unknown

Still have grown men run around tight hands. It's Mookie Betts. It's Daniel Bard. It's Steve Aoki. Here's Saltz Lamacchia. This is Brock Holtz. Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring. Baseball isn't boring. Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Rappaport.

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25.85 - 59.147 Brayan Bello

Well, I think I was open for tomorrow, tomorrow, Sunday, for Sunday in Severino. I trust that he will throw his five, his six entries. As I also needed to prepare for the season, because I wanted to throw my five. I think it's a good option to come and work here at Fort Myers and let Severino do his job there and see the game when he is mistreating that team from here.

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59.127 - 83.877 Brayan Bello

Oh yeah, no, I decided to come back because we had a start in the Dominican Republic for Sunday, which was Severino. I trust that he's going to go five and six and he's going to be dominating that game. So I decided that it was the best for us, for me to come back here and throw my five and six innings or my 70 pitches that I need to do for this time of rotation. And that's it.

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83.897 - 96.874 Brayan Bello

I feel that was the right decision. Also, I know that Severino is going to do Very well, I'm going to be watching here how they win that game on Sunday and I keep rooting for them while I'm here.

97.074 - 102.001 Unknown

What was the experience like for you taking part in the WBC? What did you take away from it?

102.061 - 128.653 Brayan Bello

How was the experience of being in that tournament, of being part of that team and what does it bring you? Nothing, that experience was very good. You don't even live in the playoffs when you're in the playoffs. I thought it was something like that, but no, what I saw was something much bigger. I would like to return to that place again. And nothing, how was the other one?

128.693 - 152.27 Brayan Bello

No, what do you take from that? What I take from that is how one handles a great team like the one we have, so many veteran guys, so many stars, and how one carries, I think that's what I take the most from that team. Yeah, no, the experience was amazing. I feel like not even in the playoffs, like the short experience I had in the playoffs was something even similar to that.

152.33 - 173.147 Brayan Bello

The way that you leave those games is unique. And also the takeaway for me is being able to share Clubhouse with so many stars, so many people. And he's a superstar for my country and to be able to represent my country was great. I hope to be back next World Baseball Classic and pitch again for my country.

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