{"id":73457,"date":"2025-08-04T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73457"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:15:24","slug":"red-sox-outfielder-holds-himself-to-impossible-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73457","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Outfielder Holds Himself To Impossible Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Rafaela wants to catch everything<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Jake Roy 7 Hours Ago2 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2042297\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->If you called Ceddanne Rafaela the best defensive centerfielder in baseball, you wouldn\u2019t get much argument.<\/p>\n<p>Among qualified centerfielders, only Pete Crow-Armstrong has more outs above average than his Boston Red Sox counterpart. Crow-Armstrong also has an additional 50 innings in the outfield because Rafaela has filled in at second base with Marcelo Mayer out due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Despite making seemingly impossible catches on a regular basis, Rafaela isn\u2019t satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the ball isn\u2019t out of the stadium, I have to catch it,\u201d Rafaela said during an in-game interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, Rafaela nearly chased down a fly ball in the gap, but the ball was just out of his reach and went for a double. It was almost an incredible catch, but by the outfielder\u2019s standards, it was a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rafaela went 3-3 with an RBI and a hit by pitch in Sunday\u2019s 6-1 win over the Houston Astros. The Red Sox are 11 games over .500 for the first time since 2022. They passed the New York Yankees in the standings on Saturday, but Rafaela has his sights set higher.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust keep playing the baseball we\u2019ve been playing. I think our mindset is not only on the Yankees, it\u2019s just playing good baseball and trying to win the division,\u201d Rafaela said.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox are three games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c38b847797ccfe48623b5ba973fba36d?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Red Sox Outfielder Holds Himself To Impossible Standard\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>Jake Roy<\/h3>\n<p>Editorial Writer<\/p>\n<p>Writing about baseball. Pitching nerd, one-time marathon completer and dog dad. Bryant University alumni.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured image via Brian Fluharty\/Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela catches nearly everything in center field, but that isn&#8217;t enough for the budding star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":73458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Outfielder Holds Himself To Impossible Standard - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73457\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox Outfielder Holds Himself To Impossible Standard - 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