It’s no secret that the catcher position has been one of the most inconsistent holes in the White Sox lineup ever since they let A.J. Pierzynski go following the 2012 season. The Tyler Flowers experiment was a complete and utter failure, and the acquisitions of Dioner Navarro and Alex Avila last offseason haven’t been all that successful either.

Avila has played in just 41 games in 2016, spending the vast majority of the season on the disabled list. While injuries haven’t been as big of a factor for Navarro, his horrendous pitch framing and .208/.266/.339 slash line tells you all you need to know.

As bad as the Flowers and Geovany Soto catching combination was at times last season, they still combined for a significantly better WAR than Navarro and Avila. Factor in the chemistry that Flowers had with Chris Sale and the starting rotation, and the White Sox somehow made their biggest position of need even worse.

So where does that leave the catcher position moving forward? 2016 1st round draft pick Zack Collins is by far the best catching prospect the White Sox have, but there are still questions as to whether or not he’ll remain at the position in the MLB. Regardless, he still needs time to develop in the minor leagues, so he’s not the immediate answer.

There is, however, one young catcher on the roster who certainly appears to deserve more of a look than he’s getting. 24-year old Omar Narvaez may have only played in six games since being called up to make his MLB debut in July, but he’s already shown flashes of being a solid player.

Narvaez has a hit in each of his six big league appearances, going 7-17 at the plate with four walks and just a single strike out. He’s having great at-bats and putting the ball in play, two things Navarro has struggled with this season.

While those inflated numbers obviously won’t keep up for Narvaez, his first six games in the MLB are better than any six-game stretch Navarro has put up in a White Sox uniform. Despite being the starting catcher basically all season, Navarro has just one five-game hit streak in 2016.

Yet night in and night out, Robin Ventura continues to let Navarro start over Narvaez. Just like most of the decisions he makes as a manager, it’s hard to understand how exactly this helps the White Sox.

You know exactly what you’re getting with Navarro: a player who’s past his prime and can’t frame pitches or put the ball in play. He almost definitely isn’t going to come back as the White Sox starting catcher after his contract expires this offseason, and the club is going nowhere in 2016.

Narvaez, on the other hand, is a complete mystery. He’s not going to magically turn into Buster Posey or Salvador Perez overnight, but he’s a young player with the potential to be a serviceable MLB player if he’s given the chance.

Is Narvaez the long-term answer the White Sox desperately need at catcher? More than likely not. He wasn’t setting the world on fire in the minor leagues by any means, and his MLB sample size is way too small to draw any conclusions.

But with the White Sox out of playoff contention and Narvaez showing that he at least has the ability to play at the big league level, why not throw him out there more often and see what he can do? It surely makes a lot more sense than Ventura trotting out the 32-year old Navarro on a daily basis, who hasn’t put together anything close to a decent season since 2014.