We are watching a superbly talented young player figure it out before our eyes—enjoy it.
Rookie years are hard. There are many reasons for this, maybe chief among them is that baseball is inherently a game of failure. A good hitter fails to get on base 65% of the time. A bad hitter can suffer a far worse fate. Right now Ceddanne Rafaela is in the midst of an extremely difficult rookie season where he is failing to get on base 79% of the time....