Canadian baseball player (born 2000)
Baseball player
Noah-Gibson "Bo " Naylor (born February 21, 2000) is a Canadian
professional baseball
catcher for the
Cleveland Guardians of
Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Amateur career
Naylor attended
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School in
Mississauga , Ontario, and played for the Canadian junior national baseball team.
[1] He appeared in the
Under Armour All-America Game and the
Under-18 Baseball World Cup held in
Ontario in 2017.
[2]
[3] He committed to attend
Texas A&M University to play
college baseball .
[4]
Professional career
The
Cleveland Indians selected Naylor in the first round, with the 29th pick, in the
2018 Major League Baseball draft .
[5]
[6] He signed with Cleveland, rather than enroll at Texas A&M, for a $2,578,138
signing bonus .
[7] He was assigned to the
Arizona League Indians and spent the whole season there, with a
batting average of .274 with two
home runs and 17
runs batted in (RBIs) in 33
games played .
[8]
Naylor with the Guardians in 2023
Naylor spent the 2019 season with the
Lake County Captains .
[9] Over 107 games, he batted .243 with 11 home runs and 65 RBIs.
[10] In 2021, he played with the
Akron RubberDucks , slashing .188/.280/.332 with ten home runs and 44 RBIs over 87 games.
[11] In June, Naylor was selected to play in the
All-Star Futures Game .
[12] In 2022, with Akron, Naylor had a .271 average, .898 OPS and six home runs. Naylor was promoted to the
Columbus Clippers in June.
[13]
The Guardians selected Naylor's contract on October 1, 2022, adding him to their
active roster .
[14] He made his major league debut the same day against the
Kansas City Royals as a defensive replacement. He made his first start the next day.
[15]
Before the 2023 season, Naylor played for the
Canadian national baseball team in the
2023 World Baseball Classic .
[16] The Guardians optioned Naylor to Columbus to start the 2023 season.
[17]
Personal life
Naylor's older brother,
Josh Naylor , also plays for the Cleveland Guardians as a
first baseman and
outfielder .
[18] His younger brother,
Myles Naylor , plays for the
Oakland Athletics organization.
[19]
References
^ Melissa Couto (July 12, 2017).
"Naylor brothers Josh, Noah rising on MLB radar" . The Star . Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Morgan Campbell (August 12, 2017).
"Mississauga's Naylor hitting it big" . The Star . Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Colpitts, Iain (September 12, 2017).
"Noah Naylor shines at Under-18 Baseball World Cup" . Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Colpitts, Iain (October 12, 2016).
"BASEBALL: Mississauga catcher Naylor commits to Texas A & M" . Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Bastian, Jordan (May 24, 2018).
"Indians take Noah Naylor 29th in MLB Draft" . MLB.com . Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Hoynes, Paul (June 5, 2018).
"Cleveland Indians draft 2018: Canadian high school catcher Noah Naylor headlines four top picks" . cleveland.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^ Cleveland Indians.
"Indians sign Canadian first-round draft pick Noah Naylor" . Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
^
"Bo Naylor Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball" . MiLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
^
"Indians' Bo Naylor: Assigned to Low-A" . CBSSports.com . April 4, 2019.
^
"No. 3 Bo Naylor, C: Cleveland Indians top prospects right now" . April 6, 2020.
^
"It's a fresh start as RubberDucks, Baysox prepare for Double-A Northeast championship series" .
^
"Futures Game rosters are STACKED" .
MLB.com .
^
"Columbus Clippers' Bo Naylor one step closer to joining brother Josh in Cleveland" . Dispatch.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022 .
^
"Cleveland Guardians add Bo Naylor, Zach Pleac; DFA Bryan Shaw, option Tyler Freeman" . cleveland.com. January 7, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022 .
^
"Naylor Bros: Bo Naylor making first MLB start for Guardians, set to bat right after brother Josh" . News 5 Cleveland WEWS . October 2, 2022.
^
"Guardians option catcher Bo Naylor to Class AAA; battle for backup job begins" . cleveland.com. March 10, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023 .
^
"Why the Guardians optioned Bo Naylor" . MLB.com .
^
"Naylor brothers homer in same frame, then win game on Sibling Day" . MLB.com .
^
"Meet the 3rd Naylor brother, who's waiting in the wings" . MLB.com .
External links
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Bo Naylor .
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1965 :
Fosse
1966 :
Curtis
1967 :
Heidemann
1968 : Weaver
1969 : McGrew
1970 :
Dunning
1971 : Sloan
1972 :
Manning
1973 :
Tufts
1974 :
Brennan
1975 :
Cerone
1976 : Glass
1977 : Compton
1978 : Lansford
1979 :
Bohnet
1980 :
Gruber
1981 : Alpert
1982 : M. Snyder
1983 :
Clark
1984 :
C. Snyder
1985 : Pohel
1986 :
Swindell
1987: No first round pick
1988 :
Lewis ,
Nagy ,
Mutis
1989 :
Murray
1990 :
Costo , Hence
1991 :
Ramirez
1992 :
Shuey
1993 :
Kirkreit
1994 :
Wright
1995 :
D. Miller
1996 : Peoples
1997 :
Drew , Fitzgerald
1998 :
Sabathia
1999: No first round pick
2000 : Smith,
Thompson
2001 : Denham, Horne,
Martin , Conroy
2002 :
Guthrie , Whitney, Schilling
2003 :
Aubrey ,
B. Snyder ,
A. Miller
2004 :
Sowers
2005 :
Crowe , Drennen
2006 :
Huff
2007 :
Mills
2008 :
Chisenhall
2009 :
White
2010 :
Pomeranz
2011 :
Lindor
2012 :
Naquin
2013 :
Frazier
2014 :
Zimmer ,
Sheffield
2015 :
Aiken
2016 :
Benson
2017 : No first round pick
2018 :
Naylor ,
Hankins
2019 :
Espino
2020 :
Tucker
2021 :
Williams
2022 :
DeLauter
2023 :
Velazquez