Josh Naylor

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Josh Naylor
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Naylor with the Cleveland Guardians in 2023
Seattle Mariners – No. 12
First baseman
Born: (1997-06-22) June 22, 1997 (age 28)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
May 24, 2019, for the San Diego Padres
Men's baseball
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18U Baseball World Championship
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Joshua-Douglas James Naylor (born June 22, 1997) is a Canadian professional baseball first baseman for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians/Guardians, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Naylor was selected 12th overall by the Miami Marlins in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft. He was later traded to the Padres in 2016 and made his MLB debut with them in 2019. Naylor played with the Padres until August 2020 when he was traded to the Indians in the middle of the season. He remained with the Indians through the 2024 season, during which he was named an MLB All-Star. After the 2024 season, Naylor was traded to the Diamondbacks and began the 2025 season with them before being traded to the Mariners in July 2025, in the middle of the season.

Internationally, Naylor represents Canada. He competed in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. With the junior national team, Naylor became the first and only Canadian to compete in three editions of the U-18 Baseball World Cup; he participated in 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Early life

Naylor was born on June 22, 1997, in Mississauga, Ontario. [1] Having grown up in Mississauga, a suburb located immediately west of Toronto within the Greater Toronto Area, he was a Toronto Blue Jays fan from a young age. [2] Naylor attended St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School, graduating in 2015. [3] [4]

Amateur career

Naylor began his amateur career with the Ontario Blue Jays, an elite travel baseball team in the Canadian Premier Baseball League composed of top young players from the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding Southern Ontario cities. He was the youngest player on the team; he joined when he was 12 years old, while most of his teammates were aged 16 or older. [5] [6]

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Naylor in 2014

Following his junior year of high school, Naylor was one of ten high school baseball players invited to the 2014 MLB Junior Select Home Run Derby during MLB All-Star Week at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 13 and 14. He became the first Canadian to participate in the event and finished second behind Luken Baker. [7] [8] [9] The following month, Naylor was selected to play in the 2014 Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on August 10, becoming the second Canadian to do so after Gareth Morgan in 2013. Six days later, he also played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on August 16. [9]

Naylor committed to play college baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. [10] In 2015, Perfect Game ranked Naylor among the top 50 best prospects in that year's Major League Baseball draft, and he earned selection to Baseball America 's High School All-American First Team. [11]

Professional career

Minor leagues (2015–2019)

Naylor was selected 12th overall by the Miami Marlins in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft on June 8. [12] He signed with the Marlins after his June 25 graduation from St. Joan of Arc for a $2.25 million signing bonus and was subsequently assigned to the Rookie-level GCL Marlins, where he made his professional debut. [13] [14] Naylor finished the 2015 season batting .327/.352/.418 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 25 games. [15]

Naylor began the 2016 season with the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers. [16] In June, he was suspended without pay after injuring teammate and roommate Stone Garrett with a knife as part of a prank. After the incident, Marlins general manager Michael Hill said, "I don't think you'll see Josh Naylor goofing around with knives anymore." [17] [18] Midway through the season, Naylor was selected to participate in the All-Star Futures Game. [19] The Marlins traded Naylor along with Carter Capps, Jarred Cosart, and Luis Castillo to the San Diego Padres on July 29, 2016, in exchange for pitchers Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea, Tayron Guerrero, and cash considerations. [20] Naylor was subsequently assigned to the Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He finished the 2016 season batting a combined .264/.302/.407 with 12 home runs and 75 RBIs in 122 games. [15] [21]

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Naylor with the San Diego Padres in 2019

Naylor began the 2017 season with the Storm before being promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions midway through the season in July. [22] [23] He finished the 2017 season batting a combined .280/.346/.415 with 10 home runs and 64 RBIs in 114 games. [15]

Naylor played with the Missions in the 2018 season and began playing as an outfielder. [24] He finished the 2018 season batting .297/.383/.447 with 17 home runs and 74 RBIs in 128 games. [15]

Naylor began the 2019 season with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas before being called up to the MLB by the San Diego Padres on May 24, 2019. [25] [26] He played in 54 games for the Chihuahuas during the 2019 season, batting .314/.389/.547 with 10 home runs and 42 RBIs. [15]

San Diego Padres (2019–2020)

2019

Naylor made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on May 24, 2019, playing for the San Diego Padres in a game against his hometown team, the Toronto Blue Jays, at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. [26] The next game, he recorded his first career hit with an RBI double off Blue Jays pitcher Edwin Jackson on May 25. [27] Naylor finished the 2019 season batting .249/.315/.403 with eight home runs and 32 RBIs in 94 games. [1] Defensively, he committed six errors and had the lowest fielding percentage of any outfielder. [28] [29] [30]

2020

Naylor played in 18 games for the Padres during the 2020 season, batting .278/.316/.417 with one home run and four RBIs. [1] He played multiple positions throughout the season, including designated hitter, first baseman, and outfielder. Naylor also entered games as a pinch hitter. [31]

Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2020–2024)

2020

The San Diego Padres traded Naylor along with Austin Hedges, Cal Quantrill, and minor leaguers Gabriel Arias, Joey Cantillo, and Owen Miller, to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Greg Allen, Matt Waldron, and Mike Clevinger on August 31, 2020. [32] Naylor played in 22 games for the Indians during the 2020 season, batting .230/.277/.279 with two RBIs. [1]

Naylor made his first career postseason appearance in the 2020 MLB postseason. During the American League Wild Card Series against the New York Yankees, he recorded five hits in his first five career postseason plate appearances, the first player in MLB history to do so. [33] The Indians were eliminated from the playoffs after the Yankees swept them 2–0, and Naylor finished the series and thus the postseason going 5-for-7 at the plate, batting .714/.714/1.571 with one home run and three RBIs. [34]

2021

During a game against the Minnesota Twins on June 27, 2021, Naylor collided with second baseman Ernie Clement while trying to catch a pop-up in shallow right field. He broke and dislocated his ankle, which required season-ending surgery. [35] Naylor finished the 2021 season batting .253/.301/.399 with seven home runs and 21 RBIs in 69 games. [1]

2022

Naylor returned from his ankle injury in April 2022, missing the first week of the season. [36] During a game against the Chicago White Sox on May 9, Naylor became the first player in MLB history to hit two home runs of three runs or more in the ninth inning or later of the same game. He also became the first player in MLB history to have at least eight runs batted in (RBIs) from the eighth inning on in a single game since RBIs became an official statistic in the 1920 season. After an RBI double in the top of the eight inning, his first home run was a game-tying grand slam off White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game 8–8. His second home run was a go-ahead three-run home run off White Sox pitcher Ryan Burr in the top of the 11th inning, which would win the game 12–9. [37] Naylor finished the 2022 season batting .256/.319/.452 with 20 home runs and 79 RBIs in 122 games. [1]

Naylor made his second career postseason appearance in the 2022 MLB postseason. After sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays 2–0 in the American League Wild Card Series, the Guardians were eliminated 3–2 by the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series (ALDS). Naylor finished the 2022 postseason batting .194/.194/.323 with one home run and three RBIs in seven games. [34]

2023

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Naylor in 2023

Naylor agreed to a one-year, $3.35 million contract with the Guardians on January 13, 2023, avoiding salary arbitration. [38] He finished the 2023 season batting .308/.354/.489 with 17 home runs and 97 RBIs in 121 games. [1] Naylor received the 2023 Tip O'Neill Award, presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to the best Canadian baseball player; it was the first of his career. [39]

2024

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Naylor batting in 2024

Naylor earned his first career MLB All-Star selection in 2024. However, he fared worse after the All-Star break, batting .220 with a .717 on-base plus slugging (OPS). [40] Naylor finished the 2024 season batting .243/.320/.456 with 31 home runs and 108 RBIs in 152 games. [1]

During the 2024 MLB postseason, the Guardians defeated the Detroit Tigers 3–2 in the American League Division Series (ALDS) to advance to the American League Championship Series (ALCS), where they were eliminated 4–1 by the New York Yankees. Naylor finished the 2024 postseason batting .225/.256/.275 with five RBIs in 10 games. [34]

Arizona Diamondbacks (2025)

After the 2024 season, the Cleveland Guardians traded Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 21, 2024, in exchange for pitcher Slade Cecconi and a competitive balance draft pick in the 2025 MLB draft, which was later used to select Canadian pitcher Will Hynes. [41] [42] [43] Shortly thereafter, Naylor agreed to a one-year, $10.9 million contract in January 2025, avoiding his final opportunity for arbitration. [44]

During a game against the Seattle Mariners on June 9, 2025, Naylor hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 11th inning off Mariners pitcher Carlos Vargas to win the game 8–4. [45] [46] Naylor played in 93 games for the Diamondbacks during the 2025 season, batting .292/.360/.447 with 11 home runs, 59 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases. [1]

Seattle Mariners (2025–present)

2025

Midway through the 2025 season, the Arizona Diamondbacks traded Naylor to the Seattle Mariners on July 24, in exchange for pitchers Ashton Izzi and Brandyn Garcia. [47] [48] [49] During a game against the Houston Astros on September 19, Naylor hit his 20th home run of the season, becoming the 14th first baseman in MLB history with at least 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a season. [50] Three games later, during a game against the Colorado Rockies on September 23, with the Mariners trailing 3–1 in the bottom of the eighth inning with two-outs and the bases loaded, Naylor hit a bases-clearing double to give the Mariners a 4–3 lead. The Mariners went on to win the game, clinching a postseason berth. [51] Three games later, during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 26, Naylor stole his 30th base, becoming the fourth first baseman in MLB history with at least 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season. [52] Naylor's successful base stealing came despite being one of the slowest runners in the MLB. He was caught stealing only twice in the 2025 season, both times with the Diamondbacks. [53] [54] [55] Naylor played in 54 games for the Mariners during the remainder of the 2025 season, batting .299/.341/.490 with nine home runs, 33 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases. [1] The Mariners won the American League West division at the conclusion of the 2025 regular season.

The Mariners began the 2025 postseason playing against the Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series (ALDS), a best-of-five series. Naylor failed to record a hit in the first three games, going 0-for-13, [56] before logging three hits each in both Games 4 and 5, going 6-for-10 in the last two games of the series. [34] [57] After Jorge Polanco hit a walk-off single with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th inning in Game 5, the Mariners won the series 3–2 and advanced to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the first time since 2001. [58] The Mariners played against Naylor's hometown team, the Toronto Blue Jays, in a best-of-seven series. Game 2 of the series was played at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on October 13, during which Naylor hit a two-run home run off Blue Jays pitcher Braydon Fisher in the top of the seventh inning to extend the Mariners' lead to 9–3. With this, he became the first Canadian-born player to hit a postseason home run against the Blue Jays. [59] Naylor also became the first Canadian-born player to hit a postseason home run as a visiting player in Canada, as well as the fourth Canadian-born player to hit a postseason home run in Canada; he joined Russell Martin (October 9, 2016), Michael Saunders (October 17, 2016), and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (October 4, 2025). [2] The Mariners were eventually eliminated from the postseason following a Game 7 loss to the Blue Jays, losing the series 4–3. They remained the only MLB team to have never made an appearance in the World Series. [60] Naylor finished the 2025 postseason batting .340/.392/.574 with three home runs and five RBIs in 12 games. [34]

Following the 2025 season, Naylor became a free agent. He re-signed with the Mariners on a five-year, $92.5 million contract on November 17, 2025. [61] Naylor received the 2025 Tip O'Neill Award, presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to the best Canadian baseball player; it was the second of his career after receiving the award for the first time in 2023. [62]

International career

Naylor joined the Canada junior national baseball team at the age of 15 to compete in the 2012 IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship in Seoul, South Korea. [63] [64] [65] The team won the silver medal following a 6–2 loss to the United States on September 8, [66] [67] Canada's best finish at the U-18 Baseball World Cup since 1991 when Canada won the gold medal at the 1991 World Junior Baseball Championship in Brandon, Manitoba. [68] Throughout the tournament, Naylor batted .235/.289/.294 with three runs batted in (RBIs). [69] The following year, he competed in the 2013 IBAF 18U Baseball World Cup in Taichung, Taiwan, [70] where the team finished in seventh place after defeating Australia 17–3 on September 5. [71] [72] [73] Throughout the tournament, Naylor batted .333/.400/.444 with five RBIs. [69] A year later, Naylor competed in the 2014 COPABE 18U Pan American Championship in La Paz, Mexico. The team won the bronze medal after defeating Mexico 9–7 on September 14, and subsequently qualified for the 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan. [65] [74] Naylor competed in the tournament, becoming the first and only Canadian to compete in three U-18 Baseball World Cup events (2012, 2013, and 2015). [75] [76] [77] The team finished in sixth place at the conclusion of the tournament. [78] Naylor was named to the All-World Team as a first baseman after batting .484/.556/.903 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in eight games; [69] [79] he ranked first in home runs (3) and hits (15), and second in batting average (.484), RBIs (11), and runs scored (10). [80]

Naylor represented Canada at the 2017 World Baseball Classic at the age of 19; he was the youngest player on the roster. He batted 0-for-2 in two games. [1] [81] [82] [83] He declined to play in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, citing an ankle injury. [84] [85]

Player profile

Naylor is 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighs 235 pounds (107 kg). [1] As a prospect, he profiled as a power hitter, [86] and Greg Hamilton, the coach of the Canada junior national baseball team, described Naylor's hitting approach as "advanced" in 2013. [87] In his first three MLB seasons, Naylor was a below average hitter, hitting lots of ground balls but not swinging at many pitches. He also was a poor defensive outfielder. Starting in 2022, he became a full-time first baseman, lowered his strikeout rate, and improved his batting average and power. [88]

Personal life

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Naylor (center) with his brothers Bo (right) and Myles (left) and a fan (bottom).

Naylor is of Jamaican descent through his mother. [89]

Naylor is the eldest of three brothers, all of whom are professional baseball players and first-round selections in the Major League Baseball draft. [90] His younger brother Bo Naylor is a catcher for the Cleveland Guardians, [91] while his youngest brother Myles Naylor plays in the Athletics farm system. [92] Naylor and his brothers are cousins of fellow MLB player Denzel Clarke, a center fielder for the Athletics. [93] In addition to baseball, Naylor and his brothers grew up playing ice hockey. [1]

Naylor married his high school sweetheart, Chantel Collado, on January 4, 2025, in a wedding ceremony held in Vaughan, Ontario. [94] Collado, a Bachata singer who performs under the mononym Chantel, is a fellow native of Mississauga and attended St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School with Naylor, where they met. They attended their high school prom dance together in June 2015. [95] [96] Their first child was born in October 2025 while Naylor was playing against the Detroit Tigers in the 2025 American League Division Series (ALDS). [56]

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