When the Seattle Mariners swung a deal for Josh Naylor at the trade deadline, fans already knew what kind of player they were getting. A pure masher. A grinder. A guy who plays with an edge and never hides it. Naylor is the textbook example of the type of player you despise when he’s on the other team; not because of the bat flips or chirping, but because he’s good enough to back it all up.
Now that he’s in Seattle, Mariners fans are soaking it in. The second half of 2025 hasn’t just been about adding a slugger to the middle of the order, it’s been about discovering the bonus prize: a potential 20-20 version of Josh Naylor.