Carlos Narvaez

Carlos Narvaez

26-Year-Old CatcherC
Boston Red Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The Red Sox were already in the market for potential backup catchers when they shipped prosect Kyle Teel to the White Sox as part of the package to acquire Garrett Crochet. Narvaez was first of two backstops acquired via trade during the offseason, and he'll compete with the second acquisition, Blake Sobol, to back up Connor Wong. Sabol (121 games) has more MLB experience than Narvaez (six), but the latter was better in the minors at throwing out would-be base stealers. Wong has been durable since elevating to Boston's top catcher, playing 126 games in each of the last two seasons. The victor in the Narvaez/Sabol battle is not expected to get many starts. Read Past Outlooks
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#363
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in March of 2025.
Resting Wednesday
CBoston Red Sox
April 23, 2025
Narvaez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.
ANALYSIS
Narvaez will get a breather after he started in nine of Boston's last 10 games. Blake Sabol will handle the catching duties Wednesday in Narvaez's stead.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
6
6
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+13%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+119%
OPS vs RHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .527 16 1 0 1 0 .214 .313 .214
Since 2023vs Right .597 63 6 1 4 0 .207 .270 .328
2025vs Left .650 10 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250
2025vs Right .574 54 6 1 4 0 .196 .241 .333
2024vs Left .333 6 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167
2024vs Right .730 9 0 0 0 0 .286 .444 .286
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+116%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+130%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+63%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .755 47 5 1 4 0 .244 .340 .415
Since 2023Away .349 32 2 0 1 0 .161 .188 .161
2025Home .779 37 5 1 4 0 .242 .324 .455
2025Away .339 27 2 0 1 0 .154 .185 .154
2024Home .650 10 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250
2024Away .400 5 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Carlos Narvaez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.33
 
BB Rate
7.8%
 
K Rate
23.4%
 
BABIP
.256
 
ISO
.119
 
AVG
.203
 
OBP
.266
 
SLG
.322
 
OPS
.588
 
wOBA
.263
 
Exit Velocity
90.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
29.5%
 
Barrels/PA
7.8%
 
Expected BA
.201
 
Expected SLG
.374
 
Sprint Speed
23.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
40.9%
 
Line Drive %
11.4%
 
Fly Ball %
47.7%
 
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Productive night at plate in rout
CBoston Red Sox
April 18, 2025
Narvaez went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in Friday's win over the White Sox.
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In line for more opportunities
CBoston Red Sox
April 7, 2025
Narvaez is expected to serve as the team's starting catcher after it was announced Monday that Connor Wong (finger) will require a stint on the 10-day injured list, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
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Makes second straight start
CBoston Red Sox
April 5, 2025
Narvaez went 2-for-3 with two walks, a double and two RBI in Friday's 13-9 win over St. Louis.
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Delivers run in loss
CBoston Red Sox
March 30, 2025
Narvaez made his first start of the season and went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in Saturday's 4-3 loss to Texas.
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Wins backup job
CBoston Red Sox
March 22, 2025
The Red Sox plan to install Narvaez as the backup catcher to starter Connor Wong, Chris Cotillo and Christopher Smith of MassLive.com report.
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Slated for bigger role
CBoston Red Sox
April 8, 2025
Narvaez is expected to handle a bigger role at catcher following the finger injury sustained by Connor Wong, Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors speculates.
ANALYSIS
The Red Sox placed Wong on the 10-day injured list after he broke his left pinkie finger on a catcher's interference during Monday's loss to the Blue Jays, and Narvaez is now slated to experience an uptick in his playing time while Wong is out. Narvaez hit .254/.370/.412 with 11 homers over 96 Triple-A contests in 2024, and he's posted a slash line of .333/.455/.500 with six hits in 18 at-bats ahead of Tuesday's slate.
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