Josh Naylor Stats
- Height / Weight
- 5' 11" / 250 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 6/22/1997 (26)
- Experience
- 5
- College
- None
Josh Naylor Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Josh Naylor News
Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor belted his 12th home run on Tuesday night while picking up three RBI and two walks in the Guardians' 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Naylor is smoking hot right now after slugging five home runs in his last 10 games. He already has 12 home runs on the season and is currently on pace to crush his career-high 20-homer mark that he reached back in 2022. He ranks second in the league in HR and is tied for sixth with 33 RBI. The batting average this season has taken a hit at .268, but it's hard for fantasy managers to complain about that with how absurd his power numbers have been. Look for Naylor to stay hot with one more contest against the Rangers and three against the Twins to finish the week.
Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Thursday's 3-2 loss on the road to the Chicago White Sox in the first game of their series. It was Naylor's 10th home run of the season and also the third time he's cleared the fences in his last eight games. The 26-year-old left-handed slugger appears to be heating up now that we're in May with a .259 average (7-for-27). As long as Naylor stays healthy this year, he should easily surpass his career-high of 20 home runs, which was set back in 2022. The former 12th overall pick by the Miami Marlins in 2015 is now slashing a strong .277/.364/.562 with a .926 OPS, 10 long balls, 29 RBI, two stolen bases and 20 runs scored in 130 at-bats for Cleveland. He's a must-start in all fantasy formats.
Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor is getting a day off on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels and left-hander Reid Detmers. The 26-year-old has enjoyed a big start to his season and has actually fared quite well against left-handed pitching. Naylor has hit .263 with seven homers, two steals, and an .857 OPS across 132 trips to the plate on the season and has hit .300 with two homers and a 1.016 OPS across 34 plate appearances versus same-handed pitching on the season. He has also struck out in just 12.9% of his plate appearances while drawing walks at a nice 9.8% clip on the campaign.
Batting Order
1 | Tyler Freeman |
2 | Andrés Giménez |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Josh Naylor |
5 | Will Brennan |
6 | Kyle Manzardo |
7 | Gabriel Arias |
8 | Estevan Florial |
9 | Austin Hedges |
Josh Naylor Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Tyler Freeman |
2 | Andrés Giménez |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Josh Naylor |
5 | Will Brennan |
6 | Kyle Manzardo |
7 | Gabriel Arias |
8 | Estevan Florial |
9 | Austin Hedges |
Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor has not played more than 122 games in a season since debuting in 2019. If he can stay healthy for an entire season, he could end up with some prolific stats. In 2023, he slashed .308/.489/.842 with 17 HR, 97 RBI, 52 R, and 10 SB in just 122 games. In 2022, however, he ended with a .256 average in nearly the same number of games (121). So, which Naylor can we expect in 2024? Well, in 2021 and 2022 combined, Naylor hit just .181 against LHP (35-for-193), but last season he hit .299 (41-for-137) against them. The much higher overall BA this past season is correlated to his newfound success against LHP. The 26-year-old could have figured something out in his swing and looking deeper. It shows he's lowered his ground ball rate while increasing his launch angle in each of the last five seasons, resulting in more line drives and fly balls. Naylor also lowered his K% to a career-low 13.7% in 2023. If the change in swing mechanics helps him hit LHP, then all the Guardians need to figure out is how to keep him healthy, and they might have the solution. Naylor played 91 games at 1B in 2023. Still, the Guardians' top-rated prospect, first baseman Kyle Manzardo, could make the opening day roster in 2024 (or shortly after that), giving Naylor the full-time DH role and hopefully keeping him in the lineup for the entire season. That said, he is reasonably priced in drafts, with a current NFBC ADP of 134, while RotoBaller has him ranked just ahead of that at 129. Expected to hit cleanup, FGDC has the 26-year-old projected for .284-23-85-74-8 with a .349 WOBA and 125 wRC+. If he hits his ceiling, he could return some value, but he also offers a safe floor for managers who miss out on some of the more significant 1B bats higher in the draft.