{"id":92573,"date":"2025-09-14T02:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92573"},"modified":"2025-09-14T02:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:28:26","slug":"breaking-news-red-sox-quietly-strike-gold-connor-wongs-backup-catcher-revealed-as-bostons-hidden-gem-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92573","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Red Sox quietly strike gold \u2014 Connor Wong\u2019s backup catcher revealed as Boston\u2019s hidden gem of the season!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox came into this season with only one proven catcher in Connor Wong, and they had traded their top catching prospect in Kyle Teel for Garrett Crochet. Little did they know that they would have a hidden talent in a rookie they picked up off their rival.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bleacher Report\u2019s Kerry Miller, the Sox\u2019 hidden gem is their catcher Carlos Narv\u00e1ez, who has had a breakout rookie season and is arguably one of the best catchers in the MLB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Three blockbuster signings the Red Sox could pull off to make themselves World Series favorites this offseason<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Narv\u00e1ez] was never supposed to be Plan A at catcher for Boston. That was Connor Wong&#8217;s job. Even Plan B was up in the air heading into spring training, with Narv\u00e1ez battling Blake Sabol and Seby Zavala to become the primary backup. He won that competition, though, and unexpectedly became Plan A when Wong landed on the IL less than two weeks into the campaign. But it was when Wong returned in early May that Narv\u00e1ez really began to shine, triple-slashing .346\/.443\/.538 over his next 32 games played, becoming Boston&#8217;s primary clean-up hitter,\u201d Miller wrote.<\/p>\n<p>While Narv\u00e1ez has cooled down offensively since then, he\u2019s still a defensive menace. He\u2019s slashing .250\/.321\/.426\/.747 with 13 home runs. He\u2019s also a menace behind the plate, with nine outs above average, which is the best in the American League, and only two behind the best in the MLB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman&#8217;s agent gives huge update on superstar&#8217;s future with Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Narv\u00e1ez has truly been a great replacement after losing Teel, who\u2019s gone on to tear it up for the Chicago White Sox. However, it was worth getting Crochet, and Narv\u00e1ez has been a great catcher, and looks like he\u2019ll be around for a while.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guy has been an integral part of the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Red Sox quietly strike gold \u2014 Connor Wong\u2019s backup catcher revealed as Boston\u2019s hidden gem of the season! - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92573\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Red Sox quietly strike gold \u2014 Connor Wong\u2019s backup catcher revealed as Boston\u2019s hidden gem of the season! 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