Josh Naylor
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 235LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #12, Miami Marlins | St Joan of Arc Catholic (ON) SS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 495 452 52 139 17 10 .308 .354 .489 .843
2024 633 563 84 137 31 6 .243 .320 .456 .776
2025 81 70 12 23 4 4 .329 .407 .586 .993
7 Seasons 2,340 2,117 265 560 88 29 .265 .326 .448 .774
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .308 17 10 .843
2024 .243 31 6 .776
2025 .329 4 4 .993
7 Seasons .265 88 29 .774
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 22 1154 190 12 6.3 4.3 89.6 115.1 4.5 30.0 .238 .380 .306 .298 .349 36.3 22.9 9.0
2020 23 380 85 3 3.5 2.9 86.8 108.8 7.8 28.2 .275 .383 .274 .309 .324 34.1 11.5 4.8
2021 24 874 188 14 7.4 5.6 89.8 114.7 9.0 31.4 .254 .417 .302 .311 .354 42.6 18.0 5.6
2022 25 1768 374 32 8.6 6.4 89.4 113.0 10.3 28.9 .257 .430 .331 .327 .358 42.8 16.1 7.6
2023 26 1649 391 32 8.2 6.5 89.1 113.9 12.3 35.5 .293 .478 .354 .346 .382 41.2 13.7 6.7
2024 27 2284 462 39 8.4 6.2 89.9 110.9 11.1 30.1 .257 .443 .332 .335 .366 40.9 16.6 9.2
2025 28 251 62 5 8.1 6.5 92.3 110.8 8.8 29.0 .292 .481 .409 .371 .366 41.9 7.8 11.7
Player 8360 1752 137 7.8 5.9 89.5 115.1 10.0 31.1 .264 .436 .330 .329 .363 40.8 16.3 7.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2019 54.2 45.8 15.8 23.2 6.8 32.6 43.2 24.2 22.1 25.8 6.3 10.5 17.4 17.9
2020 52.9 47.1 10.6 25.9 10.6 29.4 44.7 25.9 23.5 21.2 8.2 5.9 23.5 17.6
2021 50.5 49.5 17.0 23.9 8.5 33.0 43.6 23.4 18.1 27.7 4.8 14.9 16.0 18.6
2022 49.5 50.5 22.5 20.9 7.2 42.0 37.2 20.9 24.9 20.3 4.3 17.1 16.8 16.6
2023 43.2 56.8 25.6 23.8 7.4 39.4 33.8 26.9 21.0 16.1 6.1 18.4 17.6 20.7
2024 46.8 53.2 25.1 20.8 7.4 38.1 40.3 21.6 20.6 20.8 5.4 17.5 19.5 16.2
2025 50.0 50.0 24.2 24.2 1.6 38.7 43.5 17.7 19.4 27.4 3.2 19.4 16.1 14.5
Player 48.2 51.8 22.0 22.4 7.4 37.7 39.2 23.2 21.6 21.2 5.4 16.1 18.0 17.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 3.2 42.6 21.6 21.1 5.3 6.3 4.3
2020 3.5 40.0 23.5 27.1 2.4 3.5 2.9
2021 3.7 39.4 21.8 21.3 6.4 7.4 5.6
2022 4.3 35.0 23.3 21.9 6.4 8.6 6.4
2023 3.6 29.7 25.1 26.1 6.9 8.2 6.5
2024 3.5 34.6 24.2 22.9 6.1 8.4 6.2
2025 1.6 35.5 27.4 22.6 4.8 8.1 6.5
Player 3.6 35.3 23.7 23.2 6.1 7.8 5.9
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 0 67 26.7 21 .333 .500 .410 13.8 9.5 12.5 .312 .480 .390 43.8
2025 Slider 3.2 1 36 14.3 11 .333 .444 .405 17.6 9.1 10.0 .246 .384 .348 25.0
2025 Changeup 3.4 1 34 13.5 8 .375 .750 .475 14.3 0.0 0.0 .354 .532 .379 62.5
2025 Sinker 0.2 0 34 13.5 11 .222 .222 .373 0.0 9.1 16.7 .142 .156 .235 12.5
2025 Curveball 7.6 3 33 13.1 8 .571 1.000 .581 35.7 0.0 0.0 .628 1.199 .751 50.0
2025 Sweeper -2.2 0 20 8.0 8 .143 .286 .244 10.0 12.5 25.0 .126 .256 .229 33.3
2025 Split-Finger 6.5 1 14 5.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 33.3 25.0 16.7 .207 .529 .306 33.3
2025 Cutter 4.3 0 10 4.0 5 .400 .600 .430 0.0 0.0 0.0 .309 .437 .316 80.0
2025 Slurve -0.3 0 3 1.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 11 609 26.7 200 .264 .545 .381 10.5 11.5 14.2 .291 .499 .373 49.0
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 382 16.7 106 .229 .448 .333 31.3 19.8 21.0 .244 .436 .329 40.0
2024 Slider 1.7 5 323 14.1 77 .292 .528 .362 29.1 22.1 17.2 .234 .421 .296 33.9
2024 Sinker -0.3 -1 284 12.4 104 .258 .387 .335 14.8 9.6 16.9 .267 .423 .340 34.9
2024 Curveball 0.4 1 240 10.5 33 .143 .321 .270 39.3 36.4 16.2 .096 .188 .209 37.5
2024 Cutter -0.8 -1 189 8.3 45 .238 .429 .311 13.2 11.1 17.9 .396 .660 .470 40.5
2024 Sweeper -0.8 -1 121 5.3 31 .138 .276 .208 33.8 38.7 27.9 .124 .244 .193 29.4
2024 Split-Finger -0.6 -1 104 4.6 25 .238 .381 .308 33.3 20.0 13.5 .201 .357 .288 35.3
2024 Slurve -1.3 0 12 0.5 -- -- -- 12.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball -3.3 0 8 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 278 1,153 -7 -11 10 5 -2
2020 104 380 -2 -7 2 2 -4
2021 249 874 -6 -3 2 4 -3
2022 494 1,768 3 -15 10 11 9
2023 486 1,649 3 0 7 6 16
2024 625 2,283 -7 -7 15 12 13
2025 76 251 2 0 3 1 6
Player 2,312 8,358 -13 -41 49 -13 34
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 1,154 45.3 61.1 85.6 31.4 63.6 44.1 24.1 44.8 22.2 5.6 71.9
2020 380 50.5 69.8 90.3 27.7 67.3 45.3 40.4 48.9 15.6 6.3 87.5
2021 874 49.2 70.7 86.2 35.4 63.7 42.1 37.2 52.7 21.3 6.8 84.7
2022 1,768 45.3 72.8 87.1 32.9 68.2 42.1 37.7 51.0 19.5 6.8 76.7
2023 1,649 46.1 76.3 88.3 39.5 66.7 41.4 46.4 56.5 19.8 7.0 85.3
2024 2,284 45.2 72.3 85.4 32.2 63.0 42.1 39.5 50.3 22.4 6.3 81.3
2025 251 51.4 61.2 89.9 24.6 70.0 38.2 30.3 43.4 15.6 12.0 73.3
Player 8,360 46.3 71.0 86.9 33.6 65.4 42.3 38.2 50.9 20.6 6.7 80.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2019 97 34
2020 57 58 96
2021 94 38 97
2022 65 67 71 66 56 63 57 57 89 65 82 43 81 24 11 83 15
2023 74 95 80 63 74 61 48 44 90 53 94 28 80 4 15 89 46
2024 72 66 71 70 74 74 55 64 71 54 80 64 64 25 7 62 25 66 71 18
2025 76 85 69 61 83 65 49 82 80 47 97 72 92 66 12 26 43 99 32
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.2 8 8.3 0 5 6 3 37.5
2020 25.9 2 2.8 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2021 24.7 7 7.9 -1 6 5 4 57.1
2022 26.3 21 19.7 1 7 21 2 9.5
2023 26.4 17 15.5 2 12 12 6 35.3
2024 27.8 31 29.1 2 7 20 13 41.9
2025 25.9 3 1.9 1 1 1 1 33.3
Player 26.4 89 85.2 4 39 66 31 34.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 8 10 7 7 8 8 9 8 5 6 8 9 11 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 9 10 8 7
2020 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 7 9 7 9 8 8 8 6 8 6 7 10 8 5 8 9 7 7 8 8 6 12 9 10 7 7 9 10 7 8 6
2022 21 20 16 21 21 21 22 19 9 16 16 21 22 19 21 21 18 20 21 21 21 20 26 22 18 17 22 22 24 20 14
2023 17 16 10 21 15 13 16 15 16 13 13 19 14 13 18 18 17 15 17 18 14 14 24 19 16 12 15 15 15 14 9
2024 31 28 24 34 29 31 33 27 25 25 28 34 31 25 31 26 28 27 31 36 27 25 37 32 26 27 29 31 31 31 25
2025 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Player 89 89 68 97 86 86 93 79 67 70 76 97 92 76 91 87 84 83 89 95 81 85 110 98 80 76 87 92 92 86 65
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.6 -2.8 86.8 3.0 89.8 -0.4 89.4 -0.3 89.1 0.8 89.9 2.4 92.3
Launch Angle 4.5 3.3 7.8 1.2 9.0 1.3 10.3 2.0 12.3 -1.2 11.1 -2.3 8.8
Barrel % 6.3 -2.8 3.5 3.9 7.4 1.2 8.6 -0.4 8.2 0.2 8.4 -0.3 8.1
Hard Hit % 36.3 -2.2 34.1 8.5 42.6 0.2 42.8 -1.6 41.2 -0.3 40.9 1.0 41.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.0 -1.8 28.2 3.2 31.4 -2.5 28.9 6.6 35.5 -5.4 30.1 -1.1 29.0
xBA .238 0.037 .275 -0.021 .254 0.003 .257 0.036 .293 -0.036 .257 0.035 .292
BA .249 -0.002 .247 0.006 .253 0.003 .256 0.052 .308 -0.065 .243 0.085 .328
xwOBA .298 0.011 .309 0.002 .311 0.016 .327 0.019 .346 -0.011 .335 0.036 .371
wOBA .306 -0.032 .274 0.028 .302 0.029 .331 0.023 .354 -0.022 .332 0.077 .409
xSLG .380 0.003 .383 0.034 .417 0.013 .430 0.048 .478 -0.035 .443 0.038 .481
SLG .403 -0.073 .330 0.069 .399 0.053 .452 0.037 .489 -0.033 .456 0.096 .552
K% 22.9 -11.4 11.5 6.5 18.0 -1.9 16.1 -2.4 13.7 2.9 16.6 -8.8 7.8
BB% 9.0 -4.2 4.8 0.8 5.6 2.0 7.6 -0.9 6.7 2.5 9.2 2.5 11.7
Swing % 44.8 4.1 48.9 3.8 52.7 -1.7 51.0 5.5 56.5 -6.2 50.3 -6.9 43.4
Whiff% 22.2 -6.6 15.6 5.7 21.3 -1.8 19.5 0.3 19.8 2.6 22.4 -6.8 15.6
In Zone % 45.3 5.2 50.5 -1.3 49.2 -3.9 45.3 0.8 46.1 -0.9 45.2 6.2 51.4
Out of Zone % 54.7 -5.2 49.5 1.3 50.8 3.9 54.7 -0.8 53.9 0.9 54.8 -6.2 48.6
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 -3.7 27.7 7.7 35.4 -2.5 32.9 6.6 39.5 -7.3 32.2 -7.6 24.6
First Pitch Swing % 24.1 16.3 40.4 -3.2 37.2 0.5 37.7 8.7 46.4 -6.9 39.5 -9.2 30.3
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 3.5 62.5 -0.1 62.4 -2.7 59.7 3.9 63.6 -3.3 60.3 1.5 61.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 278 168 60.4 .309 .305
2020 Shifts L 103 50 48.5 .283 .271
2021 Shifts L 249 110 44.2 .243 .377
2022 Shifts L 494 381 77.1 .396 .312
2023 Shades L 485 178 36.7 .340 .379
2024 Shades L 624 349 55.9 .328 .334
2025 Shades L 76 37 48.7 .261 .565
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 340 17.5 19.1% 1.2% 203 22.9 0.5% 10.8%
2020 91 18.3 23.1% 2.2% 73 22.6 4.1% 9.6%
2021 236 21.4 8.1% 4.7% 119 24.7 0.8% 18.5%
2022 426 21.4 1.2% 5.9% 290 25.3 0.0% 17.2%
2023 280 15.6 42.9% 0.4% 276 19.7 4.7% 2.5%
2024 546 15.9 35.5% 1.1% 355 19.5 0.3% 1.7%
2025 53 16.4 28.3% 1.9% 37 19.3 0.0% 5.4%
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