Red Sox Announce Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela Lineup Decisions

During his Monday media availability, Cora made it clear that on days when they were in the lineup, Rafaela and Abreu would be on the field, and not in the DH role.

"One thing's for sure -- we've got two Gold Glovers out of five," Cora said. "When they play, they're gonna play the outfield. From there, we have to decide."

Cora didn't take that moment to address whether the center fielder Rafaela would get any looks on the infield, but that possibility seems to have been strongly mitigated by the additions of Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Caleb Durbin.

Abreu, meanwhile, has mastered one of the toughest right fields to play in all of baseball, and with his cannon of an arm and ability to read wicked low liners off the bat, he should never play any other position.

And if you're a diehard who understands how good these two are on defense, and therefore a skeptic about the newsworthiness of this announcement, we'll simply point you in the direction of Buster Olney's Red Sox lineup projection from earlier this week.

Funny enough, Olney forgot about the existence of Yoshida altogether, and that had nothing to do with him getting roasted by Red Sox fans in the replies.