Boston traded for Narváez this winter when he had just six games of big league experience in his career. He’s slashing .271/.328/.439 with six doubles and four homers over 31 games for the Sox, which is worlds better than Wong’s .146/.239/.146 slash line in half as many appearances.

Narváez also has a leg up defensively, and it showed in the Red Sox’s May 14 extra-innings loss to the Tigers. Wong subbed in the ninth inning of a 6-6 deadlock as Boston prepared for a second-straight night of extra innings. But Aroldis Chapman walked Andy Ibañez to start the inning on a sour note, and it only worsened from there.

Carlos Narváez should unseat Connor Wong as Red Sox’s catcher No. 1

Wong attempted to catch Ibañez stealing second base, but air-mailed the throw into the outfield. Ibañez reached third base with nobody out after Wong’s error, a situation from which Aroldis Chapman could not escape. With Ibañez on third base, the usually stoic Wong looked like he knew he may have thrown his regular playing time away.

He may have done it at the worst possible time. Narváez is on a tear at the plate, slashing .346/.393/.558 with three homers in his last 15 games. He ranks in the 81st percentile with three blocks above average and in the 89th percentile in both caught stealing above average and framing. Narváez also owns an MLB-best six defensive runs saved among catchers.

Overthrows are a silly mistake every player can make, but Sox fans can’t help but wonder if the Red Sox would’ve won their May 14 tilt with the Tigers if Alex Cora kept Narváez on defense (probably not, since the Tigers already outplayed them twice). But Wong’s struggles have made it hard for Boston to justify playing him over Narváez,

Red Sox News & Links: Should Carlos Narvaez get even more playing time?

Carlos Narvaez wasn’t nearly has heralded as either Garrett Crochet or Alex Bregman when he came over to the Red Sox this past offseason, but he’s had a major impact on the field so far, as his 1.3 bWAR is fifth amongst all catchers in baseball. Given his production, it’s unsurprising that he’s received the lion’s share of starts behind the plate lately, starting eight games in May compared to Connor Wong’s five. But Will Middlebrooks says that he needs to be catching five days a week. (Lauren Campbell, MassLive)

Last year it was David Hamilton who played the role of lightly-regarded rookie who exceeded expectations. That happened five years after he ruptured his Achilles tendon, just like Jayson Tatum, so Hamilton knows what the Celtics star is going through. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)

Hopefully we don’t need to talk about any more season-ending injuries for any Red Sox stars this year, including Alex Bregman, who is of to a fantastic start thanks in large part to his pre-game batting cage routine. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)

But for now we are still talking about the season-ending injury to Triston Casas and what that means for the first base position going forward. As to the question of whether and how long it would take Rafael Devers to learn first base, some former Sox infielders have differing opinions, with Kevin Youkilis saying the position is harder than people think, while Mike Lowell says it would take Devers just two days to learn. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)

Tonight won’t be about the corner infield, though, it will be about the pitching matchup between Garrett Crochet and Chris Sale who, oddly given their similar profiles, have not met each other. (Peter Abraham, Boston Globe)