Ceddanne Rafaela

Bats R Throws R5'9" 165 lbBorn 2000 Willemstad, CuraçaoDebut 2023Team BOS1x All-StarContract 8 y/$50M (24-31) 2026: $2,250,000

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 105.7FIELD+ 104.9 at CFTotal 1.99 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	437	409	106	23	3	12	18	92	15	0.258	0.296	0.418	0.714	0.159	0.308	21.0	4.1	92.8	0.98
2027	512	479	123	25	3	13	21	105	16	0.256	0.294	0.405	0.699	0.149	0.303	20.6	4.0	90.6	1.01

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 92 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Al Cowens	1976	86.7	136.9	661
2	Chris Young	2008	86.6	82.6	501
3	Jim Piersall	1954	85.3	101.9	599
4	Terry Moore	1936	84.7	78.6	500
5	Harry Craft	1939	90.5	66.9	452
6	Mike Hershberger	1964	84.2	69.5	541
7	Derek Bell	1993	84.2	112.7	466
8	Bob Coulson	1911	81.9	did not play
9	Cameron Maybin	2011	92.9	86.3	561
10	Avisail Garcia	2015	93.9	90.7	453

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			512		123	25	3	13		16	21	105	0.256	0.294	0.405	0.699	90.6
2026*	BOS	122	513	67	137	32	3	16		16	19	104	0.284	0.321	0.463	0.784	119.6
2025	BOS	156	587	84	136	34	4	16	63	20	28	117	0.249	0.295	0.414	0.708	94.3
2024	BOS	152	571	70	134	23	5	15	75	19	15	151	0.246	0.274	0.390	0.664	80.1
2023	BOS	28	89	11	20	6	0	2	5	3	4	28	0.241	0.281	0.386	0.666	73.9
Career		336	1247	165	290	63	9	33	143	42	47	296	0.247	0.284	0.401	0.685	86.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	513	86.4	12.2	5.8	32.2	25.1	44.4	0.247	0.364	0.285	29.0
2025	587	88.3	12.8	9.2	38.7	26.8	42.2	0.242	0.416	0.305	29.1
2024	571	86.6	14.9	7.5	36.9	33.0	46.6	0.227	0.374	0.276	28.8
2023	89	85.5	8.1	5.4	33.9	29.5	38.8	0.197	0.302	0.242	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	OF	141	1167	319	8	5	0	0.985
2025	BOS	2B	24	165	35	34	3	9	0.958	+3.4
2024	BOS	OF	88	634	179	5	3	2	0.984
2024	BOS	SS	82	647	114	158	9	36	0.968	-5.9
2024	BOS	2B	10	45	4	16	0	3	1.000	-0.2
2024	BOS	3B	4	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2023	BOS	OF	20	117	24	0	0	0	1.000
2023	BOS	SS	5	45	5	7	1	2	0.923	-2.2
2023	BOS	2B	4	11	1	2	0	1	1.000	+0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	219	14 HR, 6 SB	0.312	0.988
2023	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	266	6 HR, 30 SB	0.294	0.773
2022	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	313	12 HR, 14 SB	0.278	0.824
2022	A+	Greenville Drive	Bat	209	9 HR, 14 SB	0.330	0.962
2021	A	Salem Red Sox	Bat	432	10 HR, 23 SB	0.251	0.729
2019	Rk	GCL Red Sox	Bat	176	6 HR, 9 SB	0.248	0.754
2018	Rk	DSL Red Sox 1	Bat	225	3 HR, 19 SB	0.271	0.705

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.364	0.344	0.326	0.374
2025	0.297	0.321	0.337	0.293
2024	0.305	0.309	0.305	0.312
2023	0.272	0.312	0.354	0.242

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.000	0.167	0.000	0.167
Career	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.000	0.167	0.000	0.167