{"id":101541,"date":"2025-10-01T23:28:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101541"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:28:45","slug":"red-sox-manager-alex-cora-explains-reasoning-for-last-second-catcher-change-for-wild-card-game-two-against-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101541","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox manager Alex Cora explains reasoning for last-second catcher change for Wild Card game two against Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Red Sox manager Alex Cora explains reasoning for last-second catcher change for Wild Card game two against Yankees originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox made a head-scratching move today; instead of giving Brayan Bello his normal catcher, Connor Wong, they opted to go with Carlos Narvaez instead.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sox manager Alex Cora revealed the reasoning behind it, and stated it\u2019s not the first time he decided to pull the pitcher\u2019s personal catcher for someone else he thought would be better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox&#8217; Lucas Giolito gets disastrous injury update for possible postseason return<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust Narvi\u2019s putting good at-bats (together). I\u2019ve been through this before. Sandy (Leon) was (Rick) Porcello\u2019s personal catcher, and then he wasn\u2019t, right? Connor has done a good job with Bello, but I don\u2019t think having Narvi behind is going to change a thing. We\u2019re going to attack the same way. He\u2019s a good defender. He knows him,\u201d Cora stated (via Christopher Smith).<\/p>\n<p>Narvaez is the better hitter between the two. This season, he slashed .241\/.306\/.419\/.726 with 15 home runs and 50 RBI. Wong, on the other hand, slashed .190\/.262\/.238\/.500 with zero homers and only seven RBI. However, to be fair to Wong, he did much better in his final 25 games, hitting .225 with six RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox predicted to trade for $75 million three-time All-Star as Dustin May upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this is the right move by the Sox, and Narvaez shows why he should be in over Wong offensively. 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