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Cora is further twisting himself into knots by having Rafaela move back to second base, where he played last night. Rafaela is a top-three defensive outfielder in all of baseball...and a bad infielder. If he is in the starting lineup and not playing center field, it’s a massive error that makes the Sox less likely to win that day’s game. Rafaela’s breakout has come while playing center every day, as opposed to the hybrid CF/SS role he played a year ago. Messing with him now is just asking to reverse all the progress he has made.
