NEW YORK – One year ago, a rookie catcher sat in the home dugout at Yankee Stadium watching the Yankees take their October run all the way to the World Series and just wishing he could get in a game.

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.

“Really crazy, to be honest, but super pumped for this opportunity,” he told the Herald before Game 1 of the Wild Card round.

With the benefit of hindsight and experience, Narváez understands why the Yankees left him to languish on the ‘24 postseason taxi squad. He had exactly six big-league games under his belt between his July 20 debut and Aug. 10. In them, he went 3 for 13 (.231) with no extra-base hits, two walks and six str

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