Navarro is pretty raw offensively in terms of strike zone control and didn't get enough ABs last year due to injury to get a lot of work on his approach. He can clean out a good fastball, especially ones on the inner third of the plate, but struggles with advanced breaking balls right now. I like his quick wrists and how he turns on balls, plugging the gap when he squares them up. Navarro tends to jump out of his shoes at breaking balls and chase ones that sweep across the plate. Defensively, he's pretty smooth and has an above-average arm. I was impressed with his defensive skill the times I saw him make some plays last year and feel he can be a solid defender at the major league level. Offensively, he has a ways to go in terms of polish to give himself a foothold in terms pushing towards a major league regular.

To me, the Sox have given a pretty big clue to where they feel Navarro stands in his development. They weren't willing to start the option clock on him in 2010. Its interesting because in the past they've added a guy like Argenis Diaz or Felix Doubront to the 40-Man and have been willing to start the option clock on them. Maybe they are trying to sneak him through the cracks because of the lack of exposure during the season. Not a lot of scouts got a look at him and I know in some conversations he wasn't a guy that scouts got a great read on, especially during his stint in AA.

Maybe he gets selected, but I feel like Jimenez or Lentz have a better chance of being selected because they'd have a better chance of sticking on the bottom of a weaker roster and there wouldn't be as much effort involved at keeping them through DL moves, rehabs, etc. We'll see, I guess, as has been stated above.