Overview
- The contract is reported at $92.5 million over five years, with a $10 million 2026 salary and a $6.5 million signing bonus totaling about $16.5 million against next season’s payroll.
- It is Seattle’s largest free-agent hitter deal under GM Jerry Dipoto and widely viewed as the offseason’s first major signing.
- Dipoto said the team remains in contact with Jorge Polanco and has not closed the door on Eugenio Suárez as it evaluates infield options.
- Naylor hit .299/.341/.490 with nine home runs and 19 steals in 54 games for Seattle, then batted .340 in 12 postseason games.
- Seattle’s payroll was $81.1 million before the deal, and MLBTR analysis indicates room remains for a mid-tier infield addition.