{"id":53133,"date":"2025-04-15T07:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53133"},"modified":"2025-04-15T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:38:17","slug":"report-news-red-sox-trade-candidate-could-help-dodgers-get-creative-with-mookie-betts-tommy-edman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53133","title":{"rendered":"REPORT NEWS: Red Sox Trade Candidate Could Help Dodgers Get Creative With Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers need a permanent solution in center field. Andy Pages isn&#8217;t good enough defensively to make up for his lackluster offense at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Through 47 at-bats this season, Pages is posting a slash line of .149\/.273\/.298 for the Dodgers. You don&#8217;t have to be a diehard baseball fan to know that slash line is awful.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Dodgers could turn to Red Sox utility man Ceddanne Rafaela. Rafela isn&#8217;t performing as good as he would like, but his batting average is 71 points higher than Pages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2627038\/boston-red-sox-outfielder-ceddanne-rafaela.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=8a32ab39e78471f33df3be1445475709\" alt=\"Red Sox Trade Candidate Could Help Dodgers Get Creative With Mookie Betts, Tommy  Edman - Newsweek\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through 50 at-bats Rafaela has a slash line of .220\/.291\/.260 which also shows he finds his way on base at a higher rate.<\/p>\n<p>Adding Rafaela would give the Dodgers another advantage they currently don&#8217;t have with Pages.<\/p>\n<p>Rafaela is also capable of playing shortstop and second base, so the Dodgers could get creative with him, Tommy Edman and Mookie Betts as to how they get deployed on a nightly basis. Just a year ago, Rafaela posted 2.8 bWAR with the Red Sox with 544 at-bats.<\/p>\n<p>This puts him right on the edge between being a league-average player and above average. It&#8217;s a slower start to the season than he would like, but he has the upside to turn things around this year.<\/p>\n<p>Rafaela currently has more than six years of team control remaining, plus a $16 million club option in 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Up front, it would seem highly unlikely a deal is reached.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Red Sox are starting to use Kristian Campbell in center field more, which could lead to Rafaela being the odd man out in Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers need a permanent solution in center field. 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