I love Josh Naylor, but I do not love seeing Josh Naylor face so much left-handed pitching.
Since Naylor entered Major League Baseball at the age of 22 in 2019, he has been among the worst hitters in the league against southpaws. Of 454 players with at least 170 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers during that time period, he is tied for 419th in wRC+ at 54. To give some context, that is exactly Austin Hedges’ career wRC+ as of this writing. Thankfully, over the past 569 plate appearances against right-handed pitchers, he has a 131 wRC+.
To summarize: Against righties, Josh Naylor is a potent threat in the Guardians lineup, and against lefties, he’s Austin Hedges.