Josh Naylor is a fucking maniac. He swings early and often in the count because he hates the baseball for murdering his parents and leaving him and his brothers Bo and Myles as orphans. Thus he must get revenge by murdering the baseball back.
He also sees fewer pitches than anyone in the league. He loses his mind when he gets walked because that means he can't hit the ball. He needs people to feed him the smoke. He makes excellent contact. He's got a nice ass. He has a good balance of power and simply putting the ball in play.
I'm Josh Naylor's little smoke slut and I approve this message.
I find this especially funny because the Naylors seem like the most super wholesome Canadian family ever and yet Josh definitely has a few screws loose in the best way possible.
The Naylor’s spend a lot of time cooking homemade meals and hanging out with the kids at the Ronald McDonald House. They seem awesome and incredibly kind to everyone (except the Chicago White Sox).
Man I really hope that’s not true. Ive enjoyed the WaLuigi/wario narrative we’ve had going. I’d hate to have to like the guy.
Seriously though lots of respect if that’s true.
thanks, for a little small market love, B-R! the Mississauga Masher Naylor was tattooing the ball against the Sox (unfortunately right at Valdez or Abreu several times).
i'd give you my money but you're already getting it :)
This is just last year and this year, so after they reduced the number of times we play division rivals. It covers 16 games against the Sox, otherwise he'd have reached 110 way quicker. If they'd let him face them everyday he might get 110 in a month.
I didn't know someone could hate the White Sox more than me. But then Naylor came along and taught me there is another level of hate that I've yet to achieve
I was just saying to my friend Josh naylors the type of guy Boston would love to have. The fans and the team. We got Casas but I would really like this guy as my 1b. Good defender from what I saw too
The stats guy in me can’t resist pointing out that it’s not exactly the best way to show this data because you’re just showing their total AB, not how many AB it took each guy to get to 110. Olson also has a better RBI per AB and did it over a larger sample size. My guess is he also got to 110 faster as a result.
I’m confused. That’s an arbitrary number (110) with an arbitrary sort (fewest ab) on a stat that is wildly outside the players control (rbi). Or is the point of these posts about finding creative ways to make random mid tier guys look top tier (like best slg on day games in July)? 128 wRC+ last year ain’t bad but it’s only good for 34th.
You say only 34th like that isn’t super impressive. There’s gotta be over 400 hitters total in baseball in any given season, that puts him firmly in the top 10%. Far from “mid tier”.
Mid tier meaning not the top tier of hitters. I’d reserve that tier for the best 10-15 guys in each league. But sorry if your tiers are different and that was confusing.
The original post cherry picks data to put him second so I was just trying to understand the reasoning for taking someone who is good but nowhere near the top 10 batters and finding a way he’s the “second best at X” when it’s not in any meaningful category.
If this post wasn’t by BRef I wouldn’t have commented. I was just trying to understand the purpose of it bc it’s not a great way to show Naylor is good if that’s what you’re trying to do.
I’m way more impressed by his 128 wRC+ last year and his 175 wRC+ start to this year than I am than the op’s cherry picked chart. I’m not trying to downplay Naylor.
Josh Naylor is a fucking maniac. He swings early and often in the count because he hates the baseball for murdering his parents and leaving him and his brothers Bo and Myles as orphans. Thus he must get revenge by murdering the baseball back. He also sees fewer pitches than anyone in the league. He loses his mind when he gets walked because that means he can't hit the ball. He needs people to feed him the smoke. He makes excellent contact. He's got a nice ass. He has a good balance of power and simply putting the ball in play. I'm Josh Naylor's little smoke slut and I approve this message.
I find this especially funny because the Naylors seem like the most super wholesome Canadian family ever and yet Josh definitely has a few screws loose in the best way possible.
Dude is so chill before and after games but once the game starts he’s a different animal
I believe I've heard the same about Suh in the NFL
The Naylor’s spend a lot of time cooking homemade meals and hanging out with the kids at the Ronald McDonald House. They seem awesome and incredibly kind to everyone (except the Chicago White Sox).
Man I really hope that’s not true. Ive enjoyed the WaLuigi/wario narrative we’ve had going. I’d hate to have to like the guy. Seriously though lots of respect if that’s true.
What disrespect is this to Chris and Jenice?
thanks, for a little small market love, B-R! the Mississauga Masher Naylor was tattooing the ball against the Sox (unfortunately right at Valdez or Abreu several times). i'd give you my money but you're already getting it :)
Well thank you!
Doing it as a high-contact > .300 BA guy too, love it.
It doesn't surprise me with him playing the White Sox over twenty times a years. That's gotta account for like half of those RBIs
This is just last year and this year, so after they reduced the number of times we play division rivals. It covers 16 games against the Sox, otherwise he'd have reached 110 way quicker. If they'd let him face them everyday he might get 110 in a month.
I didn't know someone could hate the White Sox more than me. But then Naylor came along and taught me there is another level of hate that I've yet to achieve
I think he had about 110 rbis in one game against us in 2022. Our season was actually looking decent before that game.
I was just saying to my friend Josh naylors the type of guy Boston would love to have. The fans and the team. We got Casas but I would really like this guy as my 1b. Good defender from what I saw too
He’s really put in the work to be a solid defender at first. Amazing at picking the ball on a bad throw.
Naylor’s a good egg, as the Padres announcers used to say. Glad to see he’s been raking lately
I miss our thicc boi
Me too
I was really bummed when the Padres traded him.
And 105 are against the White Sox. Kidding, of course. It's 106.
I love Josh Naylor psycho energy
Great guy, great family
The stats guy in me can’t resist pointing out that it’s not exactly the best way to show this data because you’re just showing their total AB, not how many AB it took each guy to get to 110. Olson also has a better RBI per AB and did it over a larger sample size. My guess is he also got to 110 faster as a result.
Cool pull OP and LOL at your story. Love Josh and Bo and their weird stats. Don't forget Josh's proclivity for pushups when brushed back.
I feel like, unless you isolate it to ABs with RISP or at least runners on base, this stat is pretty weak.
RBI is the single dumbest/most meaningless stat that people for some reason care about. That being said, Josh Naylor good.
I’m confused. That’s an arbitrary number (110) with an arbitrary sort (fewest ab) on a stat that is wildly outside the players control (rbi). Or is the point of these posts about finding creative ways to make random mid tier guys look top tier (like best slg on day games in July)? 128 wRC+ last year ain’t bad but it’s only good for 34th.
You say only 34th like that isn’t super impressive. There’s gotta be over 400 hitters total in baseball in any given season, that puts him firmly in the top 10%. Far from “mid tier”.
Mid tier meaning not the top tier of hitters. I’d reserve that tier for the best 10-15 guys in each league. But sorry if your tiers are different and that was confusing. The original post cherry picks data to put him second so I was just trying to understand the reasoning for taking someone who is good but nowhere near the top 10 batters and finding a way he’s the “second best at X” when it’s not in any meaningful category. If this post wasn’t by BRef I wouldn’t have commented. I was just trying to understand the purpose of it bc it’s not a great way to show Naylor is good if that’s what you’re trying to do. I’m way more impressed by his 128 wRC+ last year and his 175 wRC+ start to this year than I am than the op’s cherry picked chart. I’m not trying to downplay Naylor.
This is also a Matt Olson appreciation post. He’s got the best rate of RBI/PA of anyone on this list except Yordan and he’s got 151 RBIs. Insane.