Josh Naylor
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 250LBS | 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
2022 498 449 47 115 20 6 .256 .319 .452 .771
2023 495 452 52 139 17 10 .308 .354 .489 .843
2024 633 563 84 137 31 6 .243 .320 .456 .776
6 Seasons 2,259 2,047 253 537 84 25 .262 .323 .444 .767
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .256 20 6 .771
2023 .308 17 10 .843
2024 .243 31 6 .776
6 Seasons .262 84 25 .767
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
Player 8109 1690 132 7.8 5.8 89.4 115.1 10.1 31.1 .263 .434 .327 .327 .363 40.7 16.6 7.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 54.2 15.8 23.2 6.8 32.6 43.2 24.2 3.2 42.6 21.6 21.1 5.3 6.3 4.3
2020 52.9 10.6 25.9 10.6 29.4 44.7 25.9 3.5 40.0 23.5 27.1 2.4 3.5 2.9
2021 50.5 17.0 23.9 8.5 33.0 43.6 23.4 3.7 39.4 21.8 21.3 6.4 7.4 5.6
2022 49.5 22.5 20.9 7.2 42.0 37.2 20.9 4.3 35.0 23.3 21.9 6.4 8.6 6.4
2023 43.2 25.6 23.8 7.4 39.4 33.8 26.9 3.6 29.7 25.1 26.1 6.9 8.2 6.5
2024 46.8 25.1 20.8 7.4 38.1 40.3 21.6 3.5 34.6 24.2 22.9 6.1 8.4 6.2
Player 48.1 22.0 22.4 7.6 37.6 39.0 23.4 3.7 35.3 23.6 23.3 6.1 7.8 5.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 13 616 27.0 201 .285 .570 .395 10.4 10.9 13.8 .296 .503 .376 49.1
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 382 16.7 106 .229 .448 .333 31.3 19.8 21.0 .244 .436 .329 40.0
2024 Slider 1.0 3 323 14.1 79 .293 .520 .365 28.7 21.5 17.5 .229 .409 .292 32.8
2024 Sinker -1.5 -4 277 12.1 103 .217 .337 .308 15.1 10.7 18.0 .256 .413 .332 34.6
2024 Curveball 0.7 2 240 10.5 33 .143 .321 .270 39.3 36.4 16.2 .096 .188 .209 37.5
2024 Cutter -1.5 -3 196 8.6 45 .244 .439 .311 13.0 11.1 16.1 .400 .670 .466 40.5
2024 Sweeper 0.5 1 115 5.0 29 .111 .259 .191 35.5 41.4 28.6 .130 .259 .203 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 0 104 4.6 25 .238 .381 .308 33.3 20.0 13.5 .201 .357 .288 35.3
2024 Slurve -2.1 0 11 0.5 -- -- -- 12.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball -2.1 0 8 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 10 485 29.4 157 .338 .475 .385 14.3 12.1 12.7 .327 .490 .382 43.1
2023 Slider 0.4 1 274 16.6 60 .263 .526 .357 27.5 15.0 11.8 .273 .463 .332 41.7
2023 Curveball 1.5 4 245 14.9 66 .292 .508 .359 35.1 33.3 31.9 .221 .413 .274 34.9
2023 Changeup -2.7 -6 214 13.0 75 .229 .357 .248 22.5 14.7 20.8 .277 .445 .300 47.6
2023 Sinker 2.8 5 178 10.8 56 .389 .667 .476 12.7 5.4 8.6 .326 .567 .390 45.1
2023 Cutter 1.5 2 121 7.3 41 .342 .421 .384 5.8 2.4 4.8 .287 .440 .340 37.8
2023 Sweeper 2.2 2 87 5.3 19 .294 .529 .387 23.3 15.8 10.7 .292 .523 .384 14.3
2023 Split-Finger 4.0 2 40 2.4 12 .250 .500 .317 22.7 0.0 0.0 .335 .607 .396 33.3
2023 Slurve 0.2 0 5 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 278 1,153 -6 -8 7 5 -2
2020 111 400 1 -6 2 2 -2
2021 249 874 -4 -5 2 3 -5
2022 525 1,867 4 -13 11 10 12
2023 486 1,649 1 5 7 6 19
2024 668 2,435 -9 -10 13 11 5
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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
Player 8,109 46.1 71.3 86.8 33.8 65.3 42.4 38.5 51.1 20.7 6.5 80.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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 66 71 66 56 63 57 57 89 65 82 43 81 24 11 82 15
2023 74 95 80 63 74 61 48 44 90 53 94 28 80 4 15 88 46
2024 72 66 71 70 74 74 55 64 71 54 80 64 64 25 7 61 25 66 67 18
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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 29.2 2 7 20 13 41.9
Player 26.5 86 83.3 3 38 65 30 34.9
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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 27 24 34 29 31 33 27 25 25 28 34 31 25 31 25 28 27 31 37 28 26 37 32 26 27 29 31 31 31 25
Player 86 85 67 95 84 84 91 77 65 69 74 95 89 74 89 84 82 80 88 94 81 84 108 96 78 74 85 90 90 84 64
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.6 86.8 -2.8 89.8 3.0 89.4 -0.4 89.1 -0.3 89.9 0.8
Launch Angle 4.5 7.8 3.3 9.0 1.2 10.3 1.3 12.3 2.0 11.1 -1.2
Barrel % 6.3 3.5 -2.8 7.4 3.9 8.6 1.2 8.2 -0.4 8.4 0.2
Hard Hit % 36.3 34.1 -2.2 42.6 8.5 42.8 0.2 41.2 -1.6 40.9 -0.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.0 28.2 -1.8 31.4 3.2 28.9 -2.5 35.5 6.6 30.1 -5.4
xBA .238 .275 0.037 .254 -0.021 .257 0.003 .293 0.036 .257 -0.036
BA .249 .247 -0.002 .253 0.006 .256 0.003 .308 0.052 .243 -0.065
xwOBA .298 .309 0.011 .311 0.002 .327 0.016 .346 0.019 .335 -0.011
wOBA .306 .274 -0.032 .302 0.028 .331 0.029 .354 0.023 .332 -0.022
xSLG .380 .383 0.003 .417 0.034 .430 0.013 .478 0.048 .443 -0.035
SLG .403 .330 -0.073 .399 0.069 .452 0.053 .489 0.037 .456 -0.033
K% 22.9 11.5 -11.4 18.0 6.5 16.1 -1.9 13.7 -2.4 16.6 2.9
BB% 9.0 4.8 -4.2 5.6 0.8 7.6 2.0 6.7 -0.9 9.2 2.5
Swing % 44.8 48.9 4.1 52.7 3.8 51.0 -1.7 56.5 5.5 50.3 -6.2
Whiff% 22.2 15.6 -6.6 21.3 5.7 19.5 -1.8 19.8 0.3 22.4 2.6
In Zone % 45.3 50.5 5.2 49.2 -1.3 45.3 -3.9 46.1 0.8 45.2 -0.9
Out of Zone % 54.7 49.5 -5.2 50.8 1.3 54.7 3.9 53.9 -0.8 54.8 0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 27.7 -3.7 35.4 7.7 32.9 -2.5 39.5 6.6 32.2 -7.3
First Pitch Swing % 24.1 40.4 16.3 37.2 -3.2 37.7 0.5 46.4 8.7 39.5 -6.9
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 62.5 3.5 62.4 -0.1 59.7 -2.7 63.6 3.9 60.3 -3.3
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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
! 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%
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