Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said earlier this week that the plan is to keep Rafaela in center field next season "as much as possible," Sean McAdam of MassLive.com reports.

Rafaela isn't in Boston's lineup Saturday versus the Rays.

Rafaela is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Toronto, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.

Rafaela is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest in Tampa Bay, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

Rafaela isn't in the Red Sox's lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

Rafaela started at second base and went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Wednesday's 5-3 extra-inning win over the Orioles.

Rafaela went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and a run scored in Monday's 12-3 win over the Orioles.

Rafaela is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

Rafaela started in center field and went 0-for-4 in Saturday's 7-5 win over the White Sox.

Rafaela is expected to move to second base Saturday when shortstop Trevor Story (shoulder) will be activated off the injured list, MLB.com reports.