Welcome back to the Mayor’s Office, our weekly series in which Jake Wallinger sends one naughty member of Red Sox Nation to Mayor Michelle Wu’s office for discipline, public shaming, and penance as we all strive to build a stronger baseball team and city.

This week, it’s a flawed defensive alignment that’s in the waiting room at City Hall.

This one, perhaps more than any other Mayor’s Office I’ve written so far, hurts me to type. It hurts so badly because just four short weeks ago, Ceddanne Rafaela (the centerfielder) was on a run so incredible it was genuinely hard to fathom. In 21 games from June 20th to July 13th, Ceddanne batted .346/.370/.782 for an OPS of 1.152. In those 21 games, Rafaela smacked 8 home runs, 10 doubles, and swiped 3 bags. All of this while playing platinum-glove c

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