There have long been rumblings about what Craig Breslow and the rest of the Boston Red Sox front office might do about the roster’s loaded outfield. In 2025, the primary ‘five-man rotation’ of Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu, Rob Refsnyder, and eventually Roman Anthony combined to produce an electric display of offensive pop and defensive efficiency.
Rafaela and Abreu were Gold Glovers last season, and The Boston Herald’s Gabrielle Starr reported in October that the defensive unit in the Fenway grass last season was perhaps the best in major league baseball.