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Ceddanne Rafaela

Bats R · 2026 player profile

MLB / CF
Charts through 2026-09-30 · season stats retrieved 2026-10-13
Average.2852026 · MLB season
Home runs162026 · MLB season
RBI702026 · MLB season
OPS.7652026 · MLB season

Quality of contact

10-game rolling xwOBA

.200.300.400.50010-game xwOBALEAGUE AVG .302
10-game rolling xwOBA
League Avg

2026-03-26 — 2026-09-30 · 135 recorded dates. Higher xwOBA means stronger expected production.

BOS at —

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Our picks & reasoning

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OddsIndex analysis

Our picks on Rafaela

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Ceddanne Rafaela over 0.5 hitspending

Sep 29, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 1.5900

Read original reasoning

Rafaela leads all BOS batters in BvP vs Schlittler: 12 PA, .364 AVG, .781 OPS in 2026 — the largest sample and best performance of any Red Sox hitter in this matchup. His season line of .283/.319/.442 reinforces that he makes consistent contact. Among BOS bats, he is the clear outlier with a proven ability to handle Schlittler, and as a likely top-of-order hitter he gets multiple chances. Over 0.5 hits is the natural call even at -169 given the sample size and the magnitude of the edge.

Our past picks

Original reasoning and recorded results.

Showing 16 past picks from 17 linked picks since Jan 1, 2026 ET. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026 ET.

Ceddanne Rafaela under 0.5 hitsW

Sep 30, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.2800

Read original reasoning

Career vs Fried: 16 PA, .125 AVG, 0.250 OPS — 0 HR, minimal contact. 2026: 6 PA, 0.000 OPS; 2025: 7 PA, 0.572 OPS — the 2026 trend is clearly deteriorating. Fried's LHP angle adds platoon pressure on the right-handed Rafaela, whose vR OPS is .743 season-wide but is helpless in this specific matchup. Under at +128 is strong value.

Ceddanne Rafaela under 0.5 hitsW

Sep 1, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.6200

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Rafaela is ice cold: L7d OPS .394, L28d OPS .620 — significant dropoff from her season .765 OPS. Only 2 career PA vs Woo (small sample, .000 OPS), and facing a pitcher who held 5 of 6 BOS hitters with career data at .000 OPS or below. +162 is strong value on a player trending hard in the wrong direction at a line of 0.5 hits.

Ceddanne Rafaela over 0.5 hitsW

Aug 28, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 1.4500

Read original reasoning

Rafaela is 3-for-8 (.375 AVG, 0.819 OPS) in 9 PA vs Schlittler in 2026 — the best performance of any BOS batter with meaningful sample against him. Season BA of .285 reinforces genuine contact quality. He is the one Boston hitter who has demonstrably squared up Schlittler this year. Even at -222, the 69% implied probability is supported by both career BvP and season production.

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At the plate

Which pitches he handles and how he makes decisions at the plate.

Where the ball goes

350 FTLeftCenterRight
Batted Balls436
Hits153
Home Runs16
Pull%52.3
Out
1B
2B/3B
HR

Contact by location

84.426 BIP94.831 BIP92.125 BIP88.934 BIP91.853 BIP89.751 BIP92.316 BIP89.241 BIP82.231 BIP70.6High78.5Away83.2Low77.1InsideCatcher's perspective
70.6mph
94.8mphExit velocity

Heatmap · exit velocity in mph · catcher’s view. Choose a pitch type above to filter measured contact.

Data detail

Season & career

Updated 2026-10-13. Seasons are split by team.

Season / teamGPAHHRRBIAVGOBPSLGOPS
2026 · Boston Red Sox1385761541670.285.321.444.765
2025 · Boston Red Sox1565871361663.249.295.414.709
2024 · Boston Red Sox1525711341575.246.274.390.664
2023 · Boston Red Sox28892025.241.281.386.667
Career474182344449213.259.296.414.710
Recorded game dates 135 dates

Existing chart-builder observations, grouped by date. Not an official box-score game log; missing values stay blank.

DatePA*xwOBABAEV (mph)Barrel fraction
2026-09-3040.0790.00075.40.000
2026-09-2930.2620.00070.40.000
2026-09-2720.4310.50080.10.000
2026-09-2440.3550.00094.60.000
2026-09-2311.3491.000106.51.000
2026-09-0230.5540.33390.10.000
2026-09-0130.1050.00063.20.000
2026-08-3150.2560.50088.00.000
2026-08-3040.1440.00088.30.000
2026-08-2990.1800.11181.20.000

*PA is the count of appearances with a positive wOBA denominator.

How to read these numbers
xwOBA

Sample: 576 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Exit velocity

Sample: 429 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Barrel rate

Sample: 429 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Hard-hit rate

Sample: 429 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Strikeout rate

Sample: 576 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Walk rate

Sample: 576 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.