Brewers Trade For Omar Narvaez
5 years agoThe Milwaukee Brewers acquired catcher Omar Narvaez from the Mariners on Thursday in exchange for minor league pitcher Adam Hill and a competitive balance Round B draft pick. The left-handed hitting Narvaez, 27, had a career year for Seattle in 2019, hitting .278 with 22 home runs and 55 RBI in 132 games. He'll effectively replace Yasmani Grandal as Milwaukee's catcher after Grandal signed with the White Sox last month. While Narvaez is one of the better hitting catchers, he had a .994 fielding percentage and threw out 13 of 71 base stealers (18 percent). Manny Pina, who hit .228 with seven homers and 25 RBI in 76 games last year, should back up Narvaez. Narvaez will have plenty of fantasy appeal in hitter-friendly Milwaukee in single-catcher leagues, while Tom Murphy should be the starting catcher in Seattle now that Narvaez is out of the picture.
Source: ESPN.com - Jeff Passan
Source: ESPN.com - Jeff Passan