NorthSideSox72 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I'm not sure White Sox fans truly appreciate how unusual Omar Narvaez' path to MLB catcher has been. For so many reasons, he shouldn't be here, but he is anyway. So I wrote up his pro development story, highlighting some of the very narrow windows he hit along the way. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Great article. Happy for him but I think our pitchers would really benefit from a high-end defender, even if he couldn’t hit at all. Unfortunately Narvaez seems to be the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I did not realize it took him 5 years to hit a full season team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 5 hours ago, Eminor3rd said: Great article. Happy for him but I think our pitchers would really benefit from a high-end defender, even if he couldn’t hit at all. Unfortunately Narvaez seems to be the opposite. That is true. My hope is though, he can develop skills around framing especially, like Flowers did. Narvaez is still young enough to learn a thing or two. Think of it this way... remember during this past season when Zavala went up to AAA specifically because he went from an iffy receiver to an OK one? That was his age 24/25 season. Narvaez is 26 right now. That's not an enormous difference in terms of the ability to learn that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 5 hours ago, Eminor3rd said: Great article. Happy for him but I think our pitchers would really benefit from a high-end defender, even if he couldn’t hit at all. Unfortunately Narvaez seems to be the opposite. He basically slow-rolled for 7 years, then poof - major leaguer out of A-ball in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Narvaez can throw - that's one aspect of D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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