Josh Naylor

Bats L Throws L5'11" 250 lbBorn 1997 Mississauga, CANDebut 2019Team SEA1x All-StarDraft 2015 R1 #12 Miami Marlins, St Joan of Arc Catholic (ON) SSContract 5 y/$92.5M (26-30) 2026: $11,300,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 103.7FIELD+ 99.3 at 1BTotal 1.79 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	458	413	108	20	0	16	37	71	12	0.261	0.325	0.425	0.751	0.164	0.324	15.4	8.2	106.5	1.79
2027	501	455	117	20	0	16	37	74	14	0.258	0.318	0.408	0.726	0.150	0.315	14.8	7.5	106.5	1.96

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 124 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ted Kluszewski	1953	115.1	168.7	659
2	Mickey Vernon	1946	119.2	96.2	652
3	Chris Davis	2014	115.2	147.4	670
4	Justin Morneau	2009	118.8	184.3	348
5	Pete O'Brien	1986	112.0	109.8	638
6	Chris Chambliss	1977	108.9	100.3	677
7	Willie Upshaw	1985	107.4	92.2	661
8	Tino Martinez	1996	107.7	138.4	685
9	Nathaniel Lowe	2024	122.7	94.7	609
10	Aubrey Huff	2005	114.1	106.2	517

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			501		117	20	0	16		14	37	74	0.258	0.318	0.408	0.726	106.5
2026*	SEA	118	506	47	124	18	0	10		25	39	64	0.270	0.333	0.375	0.707	106.8
2025	SEA	147	600	81	160	29	1	20	92	30	48	83	0.295	0.353	0.462	0.816	126.9
2024	CLE	152	632	84	137	27	0	31	108	6	58	105	0.243	0.320	0.456	0.776	116.2
2023	CLE	121	495	52	139	31	0	17	97	10	33	68	0.308	0.354	0.489	0.842	128.2
2022	CLE	122	498	47	115	28	0	20	79	6	38	80	0.256	0.319	0.452	0.771	118.7
2021	CLE	69	249	28	59	13	0	7	21	1	14	45	0.253	0.301	0.399	0.700	89.1
2020	CLE	40	103	13	24	3	1	1	6	1	5	12	0.247	0.291	0.330	0.621	70.2
2019	SD	94	279	29	63	15	0	8	32	1	25	64	0.249	0.315	0.403	0.719	91.1
Career		745	2856	334	697	146	2	104	435	55	221	457	0.269	0.329	0.447	0.777	114.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	506	87.6	12.5	4.8	36.8	17.7	37.2	0.277	0.396	0.323	24.5
2025	604	89.2	11.6	6.7	41.9	22.1	37.1	0.267	0.432	0.332	24.4
2024	633	89.9	11.1	8.5	40.9	22.4	32.2	0.250	0.447	0.335	25.2
2023	495	89.1	12.3	8.2	41.2	19.8	39.6	0.284	0.476	0.342	25.8
2022	498	89.4	10.3	8.6	42.8	19.5	33.0	0.250	0.436	0.325	25.3
2021	250	89.8	9.0	7.4	42.6	21.3	35.4	0.244	0.414	0.304	26.4
2020	104	86.8	7.8	3.5	34.1	15.6	27.5	0.269	0.377	0.304	27.1
2019	279	89.6	4.5	7.0	36.3	22.2	31.4	0.233	0.374	0.294	26.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SEA	1B	129	1081	915	74	5	80	0.995	+3.9
2024	CLE	1B	137	1205	1008	69	9	110	0.992	+0.9
2023	CLE	1B	91	761	680	50	4	59	0.995	+6.6
2023	CLE	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2022	CLE	1B	88	748	647	51	6	65	0.991	+4.0
2022	CLE	OF	5	37	10	1	0	0	1.000
2021	CLE	OF	51	423	79	5	2	0	0.977
2021	CLE	1B	15	97	78	11	2	6	0.978	+2.3
2020	CLE	OF	26	173	28	0	0	0	1.000
2020	CLE	1B	5	9	8	2	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2019	SD	OF	62	458	84	4	6	1	0.936

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.200	0.660
2019	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	252	10 HR, 1 SB	0.314	0.936
2018	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	574	17 HR, 5 SB	0.297	0.830
2017	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	175	2 HR, 2 SB	0.250	0.666
2017	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	313	8 HR, 7 SB	0.297	0.813
2016	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	144	3 HR, 1 SB	0.252	0.617
2016	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	370	9 HR, 10 SB	0.269	0.747
2015	Rk	GCL Marlins	Bat	105	1 HR, 1 SB	0.327	0.770

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.340	0.313	0.307	0.334
2025	0.340	0.374	0.405	0.321
2024	0.313	0.349	0.369	0.308
2023	0.358	0.370	0.349	0.382
2022	0.250	0.373	0.312	0.371
2021	0.248	0.358	0.300	0.332
2020	0.600	0.262	0.251	0.336
2019	0.301	0.326	0.286	0.350

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	12	47	7	16	2	3	5	2	4	6	0.340	0.392	0.574	0.967
2024	10	40	2	9	2	0	5	0	2	10	0.225	0.256	0.275	0.531
2022	7	31	2	6	1	1	3	0	0	6	0.194	0.194	0.323	0.516
2020	2	7	3	5	3	1	3	0	0	0	0.714	0.714	1.571	2.286
Career	31	125	14	36	8	5	16	2	6	22	0.288	0.318	0.472	0.790