The Boston Red Sox made a relatively under-the-radar offseason acquisition when they traded for New York Yankees farmhand Carlos Narváez.
It’s not so under-the-radar anymore…
Narváez has become one of the most productive rookies in all of baseball this season, entering this weekend’s series against his former team slashing .277/.355/.440 as the surprise cleanup hitter in Boston. The Red Sox are glad they threw him there, too, because he finally had his moment at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
Narváez crushed a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning off former teammate Carlos Rodón — which you can find here .
Yankees manager Aaron Boone was effusive in praising his former backstop, sharing that he “loves the player and the person” prior to the start of the series on Friday. It’s proba