12/15/22 Roster Moves - Mets agree to deal with Catcher Omar Narvaez (reports)

According to multiple reports, the Mets have signed Catcher Omar Narvaez to a one year deal with a one year player option.  

Narvaez, who will turn 31 in February, is a defensive first catcher .205/.292/.305 - .597 OPS last year with Milwaukee.

The Mets are signing Omar Narváez to a one-year deal with a player option for 2024.

Narváez was an All-Star with the Brewers in 2021: https://t.co/BIpPixgNmG pic.twitter.com/PJc5gbzX1e

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) December 16, 2022

Free-agent catcher Omar Narvaez is close to a deal with the New York Mets, according to sources familiar with the situation.

— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) December 16, 2022

Source: The Mets are signing catcher Omar Narvaez to a one-year contract that includes a player option for a second year.

Add him to a catching mix that, at the moment, includes James McCann, Tomas Nido and Francisco Alvarez.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) December 16, 2022

Narvaez Mets deal: $8M in 2023, player option $7M 2024

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 16, 2022

The Mets are in agreement with catcher Omar Narváez on a one-year contract with a 2024 option, a source confirms.

Add another catcher to a mix that currently includes James McCann, Tomás Nido and the No. 1 prospect in baseball, Francisco Álvarez.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) December 16, 2022

New Mets catcher Omar Narvaez was in the 89th percentile in pitch framing in 2022

Does this mean they are finding a taker for James McCann?

— Joe DeMayo (@PSLToFlushing) December 16, 2022

The Mets’ two impending signings — Kodai Senga and Omar Narváez — will put their 40-man roster one over the limit.

Moves 🔜

— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) December 16, 2022

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2016	24	CHW	AL	34	117	101	13	27	4	0	1	10	0	0	14	14	.267	.350	.337	.687	92	34	0	0	0	2	1	2/H
2017	25	CHW	AL	90	295	253	23	70	10	0	2	14	0	0	38	45	.277	.373	.340	.713	97	86	8	1	3	0	1	2/H3D
2018	26	CHW	AL	97	322	280	30	77	14	1	9	30	0	2	38	65	.275	.366	.429	.794	119	120	5	2	2	0	1	2/HD
2019	27	SEA	AL	132	482	428	63	119	12	0	22	55	0	0	47	92	.278	.353	.460	.813	119	197	5	4	0	3	1	2DH/4
2020	28	MIL	NL	40	126	108	8	19	4	0	2	10	0	0	16	39	.176	.294	.269	.562	53	29	1	2	0	0	0	2/H
2021	29	MIL	NL	123	445	391	54	104	20	0	11	49	0	0	41	84	.266	.342	.402	.743	101	157	13	7	0	6	3	*2H/4D	AS
2022	30	MIL	NL	84	296	262	21	54	12	1	4	23	0	0	29	57	.206	.292	.305	.597	71	80	4	3	1	1	1	2/DH
7 Yrs				600	2083	1823	212	470	76	2	51	191	0	2	223	396	.258	.343	.386	.728	100	703	36	19	6	12	8
162 Game Avg.				162	562	492	57	127	21	1	14	52	0	1	60	107	.258	.343	.386	.728	100	190	10	5	2	3	2

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Generated 12/15/2022.

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