

“A lot better than what we saw in spring training.

3 prospect, but Cora praised Rafaela’s improvement in that area, as well, though his Major League hitting is a limited sample size. Plate discipline was a concern for the organization’s No. We’ve got to be smart, but at one point, he’ll start at second.” Like, I don’t want him to get hit from double play and then something bad happens. “It’s just a matter for me, to have the comfort level to play him out there, especially with double plays. Rafaela is working on playing second base in addition to center field and shortstop. We get in a hot streak here, those games might mean something.” We’ve still got games against Toronto, we still got Texas. “This year, we’re still kind of like, in the hunt, you know? It doesn’t look great, but we’ve still got games. “All depends where we’re at, who we’re facing,” the Red Sox manager said. On Saturday, Alex Cora offered an additional reason for the rookies’ limited playing time.

In Casas’ case, the Red Sox demoted fellow first baseman Bobby Dalbec to give Casas a shot. The obvious difference is Abreu and Rafaela got the call because Jarren Duran’s season is over. Entering Saturday, Abreu has 11 big league games under his belt, including four complete ones, Rafaela has nine, only two of which were complete. This summer, the Red Sox were 66-60 and 69-63 when they called up Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela, respectively. In his first month as a Major Leaguer, the rookie first baseman played in 27 of them, including 21 complete games. 4, 2022, they were 66-68, with 28 games left to play. When the Red Sox called up Triston Casas on Sept.
