"Ok, this isn't quite true. But Ceddanne Rafaela is not only the best center fielder on the Red Sox but in all of baseball. Gold Glove defense, walkoff hits. Playing with intensity. He does it all. In 2025 he had his breakout - with some qualifiers. At the plate he hit .249./295/.414 with 16 home runs and 20 stolen bases overall. Of course the season looked pretty different depending on when you were tuning in."
"Over the first half the triple slash was .271/.314/.483. In the second half it fell to .218/.268/.319. It was, in a word, brutal. Alex Bregman disappeared, first base turned into a zero, Roman Anthony got hurt, and Nuf Cedd fell into a slump or regressed to the mean. Probably more of the former but maybe some of the latter. His batting average on balls in play went from .303 to .271."
Ceddanne Rafaela combined Gold Glove defense, walkoff hitting, and high intensity with a breakout 2025 offensive line of .249/.295/.414, 16 homers, and 20 stolen bases. The season displayed a sharp first-half/second-half split (.271/.314/.483 vs .218/.268/.319) and a BABIP drop from .303 to .271. Pete Crow-Armstrong posted a similar two‑half pattern while totaling 31 homers and 35 steals with a .247/.287/.481 overall line. Rafaela’s elite defense and periodic hot stretches offset offensive slumps, though sustained power and consistency remain open questions. Jarren Duran’s bWAR fell from 8.7 in 2024 to 4.7 in 2025.
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