He’s Omar Narvaez and he’s from Venezuela, just like that other Red Sox “possible interest” target Anthony Santander. I was framing up some sort of unified theory about that in my mind, then I googled and saw that their hometowns are about 600 kilometers away from each other (or, in practical terms, a nine hour drive, or in Boston terms, three route 128 backups.) Oh well!
As to where he comes from, he’s a rare acquisition from the Yankees. The Red Sox landed the 32-year-old catcher for Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz and international signing bonus pool money, which I will keep my toes crossed for weeks in hopes that it doesn’t help the Yanks with a potential Roki Sasaki signing.