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How time on Yankees postseason taxi squad prepared Red Sox rookie to lead
['Gabrielle Starr']
Boston Herald
A year later Carlos Narváez is not only playing postseason baseball, but in the driver’s seat as the Red Sox everyday catcher in their first playoff run since 2021.
With the benefit of hindsight and experience, Narváez understands why the Yankees left him to languish on the ‘24 postseason taxi squad.
“I was over there in the dugout, on the taxi squad, wanting to play but you understand that it’s a process,” Narváez, 26, admitted.
“I wasn’t ready enough to play at that level.”He had to get ‘ready’ in a hurry when the Red Sox acquired him from the Yankees during last December’s MLB Winter Meetings.
“You just want to be in those moments.”Yet on Friday night, when the Red Sox clinched their playoff berth and were on the cusp of these moments, Narváez felt conflicted about celebrating.