Bo Naylor

Bo Naylor

24-Year-Old CatcherC
Cleveland Guardians
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Guardians didn't hand the reins over to the younger Naylor until mid-June, but regardless he still racked up 2.4 fWAR as a 23-year-old rookie. An impressive athlete at the catcher position, Naylor made his presence felt both at the dish and behind it. He showed good power (11 homers, .232 ISO) and patience (13.0 BB%), finishing 24% better than league average by wRC+. Most enticing for rotisserie players: Naylor's speed. He went a perfect 5-for-5 on the basepaths, and while he's not a burner per se, he is a great runner relative to others at the position. That element of his game gives Naylor the chance to enter rarefied air in fantasy, if he gets the playing time. Cleveland brought Austin Hedges back to help with the workload, but Naylor's plus defense and hitting put him as the clear No. 1 on the depth chart entering 2024. He could surpass 400 plate appearances in a perfect world. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#168
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2024.
Takes seat versus lefty
CCleveland Guardians
April 14, 2024
Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
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Naylor is out of the lineup for the second straight contest, though the first of those games was the second half of a doubleheader Saturday. His absence in the series finale comes with southpaw Nestor Cortes on the hill for New York, with Cleveland playing matchups by holding out the lefty-hitting Naylor in favor of righty-hitting catcher Austin Hedges.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#3
#4
#5
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#9
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1
6
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+19%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+28%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+28%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .664 56 8 1 4 1 .220 .304 .360
Since 2022vs Right .787 228 29 12 33 4 .222 .333 .454
2024vs Left .833 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333
2024vs Right .652 42 3 2 5 0 .171 .310 .343
2023vs Left .664 51 7 1 4 1 .217 .294 .370
2023vs Right .852 179 26 10 28 4 .243 .352 .500
2022vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2022vs Right .000 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+64%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .797 131 17 5 19 2 .236 .351 .445
Since 2022Away .733 153 20 8 18 3 .209 .307 .425
2024Home .929 14 2 1 3 0 .200 .429 .500
2024Away .567 32 2 1 2 0 .179 .281 .286
2023Home .845 109 15 4 16 2 .261 .367 .478
2023Away .776 121 18 7 16 3 .217 .314 .462
2022Home .000 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Bo Naylor compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.42
 
BB Rate
17.4%
 
K Rate
41.3%
 
BABIP
.294
 
ISO
.158
 
AVG
.184
 
OBP
.326
 
SLG
.342
 
OPS
.668
 
wOBA
.308
 
Exit Velocity
91.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
15.8%
 
Barrels/PA
4.3%
 
Expected BA
.142
 
Expected SLG
.258
 
Sprint Speed
 
Ground Ball %
21.1%
 
Line Drive %
15.8%
 
Fly Ball %
63.2%
 
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could be nearing promotion
CCleveland Guardians
May 19, 2023
According to Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal, Naylor's promotion could come sooner rather than later with Mike Zunino and Cam Gallagher going a combined 1-for-46 in May.
ANALYSIS
It's been a horrendous stretch at the plate for the Guardians' backstops, as Gallagher's 1-for-4 effort Thursday provided the duo's first hit of the month. Zunino has never been a consistent offensive presence and has dealt with significant contact issues throughout his career, but his 46.9 percent strikeout rate this year is a massive jump from his career rate of 35.1 percent, and his defensive metrics have regressed as well. Naylor is once again performing well offensively at Triple-A Columbus with a .921 OPS and nine home runs through 40 contests, and Cleveland could soon choose to overlook his defensive concerns -- he's thrown out just six of 40 base-stealers this season -- if Zunino and Gallagher continue to be two of the worst-hitting catchers in baseball.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2019
He may not slot in here on real-life lists, but there's a decent case Naylor is the game's best catching prospect for fantasy. Not only does Naylor (younger brother of Josh) have a wide open path to as much MLB playing time as he can handle in 2023, but he has the speed to eventually be a five-category catcher. Naylor, who turns 23 in February, slashed .263/.392/.496 with a 23.7 K%, 16.1 BB%, 37.8 Hard% (elite), 21 home runs and 20 steals on 24 attempts in 118 games between Double-A and Triple-A. His batting average could be a weakness as a rookie, which is the case for the vast majority of quality catching prospects. However, he could go 15/15 if he plays 100-plus games, and the only other catchers who could realistically go 15/15 are J.T. Realmuto and Daulton Varsho, the first and third options at the position per early NFBC ADP.
The younger brother of Josh Naylor, Bo has similar upside as a pure hitter (Josh is a career .284 hitter in the minors), but his ability to play catcher and third base puts much less pressure on his offense. Selected out of Ontario with the No. 27 overall pick in 2018, Naylor received an over-slot $2,578,137 bonus. The Indians primarily deployed him at catcher in the AZL, but he did get five starts at third base, so it seems they want to keep their options open. Naylor is a good athlete, which should serve him well behind the dish, and he has plenty of arm for the position, but like all prep catchers, he still has a lot of work to do as a framer and game caller. While Josh was drafted in the first round in 2015 on the strength of his huge raw power, Bo is seen as a hit-over-power prospect at this stage. His above-average speed led to five steals on six attempts in just 33 games, but he may slow down by the time he reaches the majors in 2022 or 2023.
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Gets breather for nightcap
CCleveland Guardians
April 13, 2024
Naylor isn't in the Guardians' lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader with the Yankees.
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Homers, drives in winning run
CCleveland Guardians
April 11, 2024
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a walk in Wednesday's come-from-behind win over the White Sox.
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Absent from lineup
CCleveland Guardians
April 8, 2024
Naylor is not in the lineup for Monday's contest against the White Sox.
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Launches first homer of 2024
CCleveland Guardians
April 3, 2024
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.
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Returns to bench Saturday
CCleveland Guardians
March 30, 2024
Naylor is not in the Guardians' starting lineup Saturday against the Athletics.
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