Brayan Bello will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series with Los Angeles at Fenway Park Friday.

About 1,000 workers who staff concession stands at Fenway Park baseball stadium — the iconic home of the Boston Red Sox — and the MGM Music hall next door are planning to strike Friday after negotiations between their union and food service company Aramark failed.

Workers with UNITE HERE Local 26, who handle concession stands, merch and concerts at Fenway Park and the MGM Music Hall gave a 48-hour deadline on Wednesday for a new contract with Aramark. It would be the first time workers have gone on strike in the ballpark’s 113-year history The Red Sox will host the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first game of a three-game homestand on Friday.

The Boston Red Sox of late have flipped their script. After dealing away their best hitter, Rafael Devers, in a puzzling June blockbuster, the Sox bumbled to a 3-7 mark in the days immediately following the trade.

Do you remember back in spring training when then-Boston Red Sox star third baseman Rafael Devers publicly and privately refused to play first base? And then do you remember when Devers reluctantly moved to designated hitter after Alex Bregman’s arrival?