Jones & Keefe: It's time for a conversation about Brayan Bello

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00:00Brian Baio on Friday night threw an absolute gem, and I believe that leads to the Terps

00:08that of the week.

00:09It does.

00:09Yeah, it's time for a conversation about Brian Baio.

00:11Yes, it is.

00:13Since June 1st, he leads the American League in quality starts with 12.

00:16He's second in all of Major League Baseball over that stretch behind just Christopher

00:20Sanchez, and his ERA from June 1st is 275.

00:24Just for a reference point, Garrett Crochet is a 266.

00:28Jeez.

00:28So the guy has been incredible, and it hasn't even just been this last two-month stretch

00:32here.

00:3314 of his 22 starts this year have been quality starts.

00:36He's one of only 25 pitchers to reach that mark, and for those listening that don't know

00:41the quality start, they have to pitch at least, the pitcher goes at least six innings, allows

00:44three-year-old runs or fewer, but the guy has been terrific.

00:46Pure baseball with Terp.

00:48No, that's wild on Baio, because that's somebody that I have not ever fully believed in, and

00:54it probably is time.

00:55Even this year, people were hesitant to buy in on him.

00:57And it's just like, this is who he is now.

00:59And maybe it is credit to the Andrew Bailey pitching lab that they got him in.

01:03And this is a career year, and he seems more comfortable.

01:05He's been pretty open about it.

01:06Having his family here has been big for him.

01:08Cor has talked about that as well.

01:10But I mean, if you're going to get this, and him developing into a legitimate number

01:13two, which has been so big for this team, oftentimes overlooked, because you're getting

01:16guys like Roman Anthony contributing.

01:18And Trevor's story is just so many people are contributing to this team.

01:21And it's like, you're not really looking at Brian Baio the way people maybe should be.

01:25Bradford had a tweet yesterday, and it felt like it was an attack on me, because it was

01:30very, very specific.

01:31He said, Brian Baio was 185 pounds when he made his big league debut.

01:36He is now 203 pounds.

01:38I think that legitimately mirrors me.

01:42I think when I first started in radio, I was 185.

01:44I'm probably 203 now.

01:46Difference being, Baio put on muscle weight.

01:48I put on just fat beer weight.

01:50So that's the big difference.

01:51It's all the same.

01:52Pounds are pounds.

01:52Height and weight were probably pretty similar.

01:54But no, Brian Baio has been, and Nick even pointed this out, like 10 games into this season.

02:00He was really good in the second half last year.

02:03Right?

02:03So it's been over a full season.

02:05If you add the two together, it's been actually even more good Brian Baio than not.

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