Overview
- Multiple outlets report the Mariners and Josh Naylor are finalizing a five-year contract that will become official pending a physical.
- Financial terms have not been disclosed by the team, with several reports estimating roughly $90–100 million total that remain unconfirmed.
- Seattle acquired Naylor on July 24 from Arizona, and he produced a .299/.341/.490 line with nine homers in 54 games, then hit .417 with three home runs in the ALCS.
- Naylor was ineligible for a qualifying offer because he was traded midseason, simplifying negotiations for a reunion.
- With Naylor effectively off the market, the first-base landscape shifts while Seattle turns to other offseason decisions, including free agents Eugenio Suárez and Jorge Polanco.