Ceddanne Rafaela • Boston Red Sox
Ceddanne Rafaela went 2-for-3 with a walk against the Brewers on Wednesday.
He would have had an easy steal in the eighth, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa swung and fouled the pitch off. Kiner-Falefa went on to pop up the next pitch between first and second, but it dropped in on a windy day. Unfortunately, that still left Rafaela as a dead duck at second, as opposed to both being safe if the force play had been off. Rafaela is up to .324/.378/.412 in 37 plate appearances, which seems extra important with the Red Sox constantly trying to squeeze Masataka Yoshida into the lineup.