{"id":4746,"date":"2026-07-11T06:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:03:57","slug":"red-sox-cf-ceddanne-rafaela-named-as-al-all-star-replacement-for-injured-aaron-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4746","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox CF Ceddanne Rafaela named as AL All-Star replacement for injured Aaron Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>NEW YORK \u2014 The Red Sox have a fourth All-Star: center fielder <b>Ceddanne Rafaela<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MLB selected him as the replacement for the Yankees\u2019 <b>Aaron Judge<\/b>, who has been sidelined for more than a month because of a right rib stress fracture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4744\">Amanda Gutierres, Nichelle Prince lead Boston Legacy to third win of NWSL season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Rafaela learned of his selection Friday morning, when the Red Sox were on the runway in Chicago amid their travel mess trying to get to New York. Interim manager <b>Chad Tracy <\/b>commandeered the intercom to tell Rafaela at the same time as the rest of the team, coaches, and traveling staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe guys went crazy for him, so very well deserved,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cA bunch of guys are standing there to smack him, give him a big hug, and I think he put his head in his hands for quite a while, maybe some tears. It means a lot to him to be recognized in that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Rafaela (first All-Star nod) joins closer <b>Aroldis Chapman <\/b>(ninth) and first baseman <b>Willson Contreras <\/b>(fourth) in heading to Philadelphia for the festivities that begin Monday. Lefthander <b>Ranger Suarez<\/b>, also chosen, is on the injured list with a strained left groin and will spend that time in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the 25-year-old Rafaela, who is in his third full season in the majors and first playing the outfield exclusively, it was a big moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of emotions. I was happy, and then called my family. A couple tears in my eyes,\u201d he said before the Red Sox\u2019 6-2 win over the Mets, where he went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of the work that I put in this offseason and then going into the season, making [the ballpark] my happy place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4742\">Times journalists subpoenaed as Trump escalates pressure on media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Rafaela entered Friday with career-bests in average (.283), on-base percentage (.330), and slugging rate (.438) \u2014 good-but-not-amazing overall. Combined with his Gold Glove defense, though, he has been one of the most valuable players in the majors with his 3.9 Wins Above Replacement, as calculated by Baseball Reference, is tops on the Red Sox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe were watching closely because [of] the year he\u2019s put up on both sides of the ball,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cSo that was awesome news to deliver to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To replace Suarez, MLB picked the Rays\u2019 <b>Nick Martinez<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Good news on Early<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Connelly Early\u2019s<\/b> second opinion \u2014 from <b>Dr. Keith Meister<\/b>, a leading elbow surgeon \u2014 was the same as the first: left elbow inflammation, no structural damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe got the news on that,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cIt confirmed the diagnosis of the first one that we had with our people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Contreras update<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Serving the second game of his five-game suspension, Contreras was \u201cmoving around better\u201d on his bruised left foot and probably could have played, Tracy said. It shouldn\u2019t impact his participation in the Home Run Derby (Monday) or All-Star Game (Tuesday) \u2026 Before Friday\u2019s game, the Red Sox had not decided on a starter Saturday in place of Suarez, per Tracy. He said <b>Brayan Bello <\/b>remains an option, but it will depend in part on how many relievers the Sox have available. After the game, Tracy still had not decided on his Saturday hurler \u2026 <b>Nick Sogard <\/b>(right oblique strain) is \u201cin play at any point,\u201d Tracy said, but remains on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4740\">Celtics grind out overtime win vs. the Raptors in summer league opener and other observations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interim manager Chad Tracy let the player, and whole team, know the news over the plane intercom while they were stranded on the runway in Chicago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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