Ceddanne Rafaela hasn’t hit any cheap home runs this year. The 23-year-old rookie’s average homer has traveled 392 feet and left his bat at 103.6 mph.
He crushed two mammoth home runs during Boston’s July 5-7 series at Yankee Stadium. The first one he ripped 412 feet with a 103.3 mph exit velocity for the go-ahead two-run blast in the 10th inning July 5. He also belted a 412-foot, 106.1-mph solo shot July 7 to put Boston ahead 2-0 in the eighth.
