Calling Narvaez the Red Sox’ early-season MVP isn’t hyperbole. As of Monday, he’s tied with slugger Rafael Devers for the third-highest fWAR on the team (2.2). Only Crochet (2.5) and star third baseman Alex Bregman (2.4) rank above him.

For a front office that has taken plenty of well-deserved slings and arrows for its roster management, landing Carlos Narváez in December in exchange for pitching prospect Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz is a win they will happily take.

The fact that Carlos Narvaez continues to be far and away the best Red Sox rookie in 2025 — the year that promised to be The Year of the Big Three— is worthy of an Alanis Morissette lyric. (Here you go,

When the Yankees signed Carlos Narváez at the age of 16 out of Venezuela on July 2, 2015, the catcher undoubtedly dreamed of the day he would come through with a big home run in the Bronx. It took one

Commissioner Rob Manfred said recently the league plans to implement the system in 2026, perhaps sooner than expected.