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Josh Naylor is still in progress

Who is Josh Naylor?

Is he the league-average hitter he was with the Padres in 2019 and until Aug. 30? Or is he 51% worse than league average (49 wRC+), as he was from Aug. 31 through the end of the regular season with Cleveland? Maybe he’s Babe Ruth reincarnate, as he was in the Tribe’s brief playoff cameo against the Yankees, in which Naylor went 5-for-7 with two doubles, a home run, no strikeouts, three runs scored, and three driven in with an eye-watering 2.286 OPS? Or, maybe, like Matt Schlichting wrote when he was traded, he’s still just a sneaky-good acquisition.