Overview
- Sources across ESPN, the Associated Press and MLB.com report the five-year pact is in place pending a physical, with no formal club announcement yet.
- Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
- After his July arrival, Naylor hit .299 with nine home runs and 19 steals in 54 regular-season games for Seattle, then batted .340 with three homers in the postseason.
- The reported length would keep the 28-year-old first baseman in Seattle through the 2030 season.
- The deal is widely described as the offseason’s first major free-agent signing and reflects the Mariners’ priority to maintain continuity after their ALCS run.