Josh Naylor

Naylor had a wonderful season of volume as he has embraced the role of hitting cleanup for the Guardians behind the likes of Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez. Naylor rarely took a day off and remained in the lineup against righties and lefties to set career highs in the run production categories. The overexposure to lefties was part of the reason for his batting average tumble, as he hit .224 against lefties in 174 plate appearances, but the 70-point tumble in his batting average against righties hurt Naylor more. Naylor's contact rate remains one of the better ones for a slugging first baseman, and repeating 30-plus homers could be tough for him, given his historical HR/FB rates, but another season of 600-plus plate appearances will make it possible. He has big shoes to fill after being acquired by the Diamondbacks following the departure of Gold Glove first baseman Christian Walker. Read Past Outlooks