{"id":71830,"date":"2024-04-29T19:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=71830"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:53:40","slug":"yankees-recall-carlos-narvaez-alex-verdugo-to-paternity-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/29\/yankees-recall-carlos-narvaez-alex-verdugo-to-paternity-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Recall Rookie Catcher to Replace Soon-To-Be Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees have called up rookie catcher <\/span>Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/span><\/a> after placing outfielder <\/span>Alex Verdugo<\/span><\/a> on the paternity list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Verdugo seemed to have found his stride before being placed on the paternity list. His tenure in the Bronx started off slow, but he\u2019s played his way into the cleanup spot in the lineup. The veteran outfielder was <\/span>acquired by the Yankees<\/span><\/a> in December after spending the past four years with the Red Sox. On the season, Verdugo has batted .267\/.358\/.446 with four homers and 13 RBI. He went 5-for-15 with two homers and five RBI in New York\u2019s series against Milwaukee before going on the paternity list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yankees Recall Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Yankees have called up Carlos Narv\u00e1ez to replace Verdugo for their series against the divisional rival Orioles. Narv\u00e1ez was 17 years old when he was signed by the Yankees as an international free agent in 2015. He was added to New York\u2019s 40-man roster in November to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. Now, the 25-year-old backstop will have a chance to make his major league debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Narv\u00e1ez has batted .211\/.376\/.342 two homers and 12 RBI in 76 at-bats with Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. With <\/span>Jose Trevino<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Austin Wells<\/span><\/a> sharing the Yankees\u2019 catching duties, Narv\u00e1ez has not been needed in the majors. His limited experience at the infield corners could give him more opportunity to make his debut, but he isn\u2019t expected to start against Baltimore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outfielder Alex Verdugo Placed on Paternity List<\/h3>\n

Even though Verdugo is unavailable, the Yankees still have plenty of ability to cover the outfield. <\/span>Aaron Judge<\/span><\/a> will make his first career start in left field with <\/span>Trent Grisham<\/span><\/a> in center and <\/span>Juan Soto<\/span><\/a> in right for Monday\u2019s series opener. Yankees manager Aaron Boone has <\/span>Giancarlo Stanton<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Taylor Trammell<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Jahmai Jones<\/span><\/a> available as well. Paternity leave lasts for three days in the majors with most players missing between one and three games.<\/span><\/p>\n

New York (19-10) currently holds a one-game lead over Baltimore (17-10) for first place in the American League East. The Orioles won the season series 7-6 over the Yankees last season and went on to win the divisional for the first time since 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees have called up rookie catcher Carlos Narv\u00e1ez after placing outfielder Alex Verdugo on the paternity list. Alex Verdugo seemed to have found his stride before being placed on the paternity list. His tenure in the Bronx started off slow, but he\u2019s played his way into the cleanup spot in the lineup. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":71846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1071],"tags":[1787,501,900,258,28463,220,2133,2132],"class_list":["post-71830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-alex-verdugo","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-carlos-narvaez","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-juan-soto","tag-taylor-trammell"],"modified_by":"Chris Drosehn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}