Ceddanne

Rafaela

CFAge : 26Bats : R

Ceddanne Rafaela

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 75 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-08-28

Born in : Willemstad, Curacao

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Boston Red Sox	138	541	154	16	70	.285	.765
2025	Boston Red Sox	156	546	136	16	63	.249	.709
2024	Boston Red Sox	152	544	134	15	75	.246	.664
2023	Boston Red Sox	28	83	20	2	5	.241	.667
Career totals		474	1714	444	49	213	.259	.710

ContractBoston Red Sox payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 8 yrs · 2024–2031
Total value: 50.0 M$
AAV: 6.25 M$

2026
2.25 M$
Guaranteed
2027
3.75 M$
Guaranteed
2028
5.75 M$
Guaranteed
2029
7.75 M$
Guaranteed
2030
10.75 M$
Guaranteed
2031
13.25 M$
Guaranteed
2032
16.00 M$
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Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

109

wOBA

.330

xwOBA

.285

OPS

.765

AVG

.285

OBP

.321

RBI

576

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

4.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

4.1

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (+2)

20241.1 WAR · 1.2 per full season
20253.9 WAR · 4.0 per full season
20264.1 WAR · 4.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

+27 · 25 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 72
POW: Power; 68
EYE: Eye; 46
SPD: Speed; 84
FLD: Fielding; 95
DUR: Durability; 79
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

4.1

#30 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

71 / 100

#77 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

88 / 100

Surplus $33.8M · salary $6.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense46

Power27

Discipline6

Speed78

Defense97

WAR, in runs

Batting+5.8

Baserunning+0.2

Fielding+11.5

Positional+2.0

Replacement+17.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

86.3 mi/h

11th percentile

Max exit velocity

109.9 mi/h

37th percentile

Barrels

5.4 %

28th percentile

Hard-hit

31.9 %

16th percentile

xBA

.249

53th percentile

Bat speed

69.5 mi/h

17th percentile

Sprint speed

29.0 pi/s

90th percentile

Outs above average

98th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	BOS	4.1	71	73	86.3	109.9	5.4	31.9	.249
2025	BOS	3.9	81	75	88.3	112.1	9.2	38.7	.242
2024	BOS	1.1	8	49	86.6	108.2	7.5	36.9	.227

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CHC	2	1	0	0	1	.285
Sep 24	vs CLE	3	1	0	1	1	.284
Sep 23	vs CLE	1	1	0	0	0	.284
Sep 2	vs SEA	3	1	0	0	0	.282
Sep 1	vs SEA	3	0	0	0	2	.282
Aug 31	vs SEA	4	2	3	0	1	.284
Aug 30	@ NYY	4	0	0	0	1	.282
Aug 29	@ NYY	4	0	0	0	0	.284
Aug 29	@ NYY	5	1	1	0	0	.286
Aug 28	@ NYY	4	2	0	0	2	.287