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The anticipation and expectations that reside with the righty seem far different than a year before, when he served as the team's Opening Day starter. Now? The 25-year-old is somewhat of a conundrum.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9ttp8s500333b7oqyn106qe@published'}, {'data': {'text': "As Red Sox manager Alex Cora pointed out before Bello's first start of the season, excusing the pitcher due to inexperience is a thing of the past. 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I&#39;m going to look to carry that into tomorrow.&quot;<br><br>Triston Casas is feeling good after his 3-run HR <a href="https://t.co/gWWvlNXNNZ">pic.twitter.com/gWWvlNXNNZ</a></p>&mdash; NESN (@NESN) <a href="https://twitter.com/NESN/status/1914865852316311881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>\n\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/cm9tuoh7k006z3b7odvdp32xi@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/SoxBooth/status/1914857867489726857', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Triston Casas finally gets some hard contact in a big way with a three-run homer to straightaway center to break the Red Sox lead open to 7-3 over the Mariners in the bottom of the 7th.<br><br>Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images <a href="https://t.co/ya0EqmqOjF">pic.twitter.com/ya0EqmqOjF</a></p>&mdash; WEEI Red Sox Network (@SoxBooth) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoxBooth/status/1914857867489726857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>\n\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/cm9tuixtz005u3b7o4subnbj7@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'And, finally, there was Hendriks.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9tud038004u3b7obyfphnr0@published'}, {'data': {'text': "After an uneasy return to a major league mound Sunday after 681 days, the pitcher who many believed would be the Red Sox' game-ender finally ended a game. 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