The Diamondbacks are buying first baseman Josh Naylor from the Guardians for right-hander Slade Cecconi and a Aggressive Stability Spherical B draft choose, in accordance with a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Jon Heyman of the New York Submit first reported {that a} deal between the perimeters involving Naylor was shut. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported the draft choose’s inclusion within the deal.
Naylor, 27, figures to switch Christian Walker at first base for the Diamondbacks after Walker landed in Houston on a three-year deal earlier this week. An All-Star for the primary time in 2024, Naylor hit a stable .243/.320/.456 (118 wRC+) with a career-high 31 homers in 152 video games for the Guardians this previous 12 months. That continues a three-year run of stable manufacturing from Naylor in Cleveland, as he’s posted an excellent higher .267/.330/.465 (121 wRC+) slash line since changing into an everyday fixture of the Guardians’ lineup in 2022. Along with that stable 20-to-30 homer energy Naylor has displayed, he’s posted spectacular contact numbers with a strikeout charge of simply 15.6% throughout the previous three seasons. He’s paired that low strikeout charge with an bettering stroll charge that reached 9.2% in 2024.
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