{"id":41839,"date":"2025-11-17T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41839\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:55:08","slug":"josh-naylor-re-signing-with-mariners-on-five-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41839\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Naylor re-signing with Mariners on five-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more appealing Plan Bs if the Mets were not to re-sign Pete Alonso is off the market already.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First baseman Josh Naylor agreed to a five-year contract to return to the Mariners, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1990231180961255669\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed <\/a>Sunday night, in the first major signing of the MLB offseason. The financial terms were not yet disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Naylor, 28, was acquired by Seattle from the Diamondbacks at the trade deadline and boasted an .831 OPS with nine homers and 19 steals in 54 games while batting .299. <\/p>\n<p>It was part of a superb all-around year that included 20 homers and 92 RBIs<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46704871;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37685202\" width=\"866\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/seattle-mariners-first-baseman-josh-113838167.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor points to the sky after hitting a home run.\" class=\"wp-image-37685202\"  \/>Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor (12) reacts after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 6 of the ALCS.  IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Naylor helped the Mariners win the AL West and make a run to Game 7 of the ALCS before falling to the Blue Jays. He went 10-for-24 in the series and slashed .340\/392\/.574 in the playoffs with three home runs and five RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Naylor gives the Mariners that second big bat around slugging catcher Cal Raleigh, as they look to build off their success. Naylor has also played for the Guardians and Padres.<\/p>\n<p>The former All-Star was thought to be a strong fallback option for the Mets should they not be able to bring back Alonso in free agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mets\u2019 all-time home run leader, who will no longer have the qualifying offer attached to him, had a strong 2025, even as the team collapsed and failed to make the postseason.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37685231\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-112286605.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Alonso celebrating his solo home run.\" class=\"wp-image-37685231\"  \/>Mets first baseman Pete Alonso. Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Alonso won his first Silver Slugger while hitting .272\/.347\/.524 with 38 homers, 41 doubles and 126 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/10\/sports\/mlb-top-40-free-agents-complete-rankings-expert-predictions-from-the-posts-jon-heyman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heyman predicted that five years, for $164 million<\/a>, would make sense for Alonso. <\/p>\n<p>If the Mets aren\u2019t able to get that done, Cody Bellinger remains a possible option if he does not go back to the Yankees, as well as Japanese infielder Munetaka Murakami.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the more appealing Plan Bs if the Mets were not to re-sign Pete Alonso is off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,3473,21528,9,11,320,10,5419,7580,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-41839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-mlb-free-agency","10":"tag-mlb-hot-stove","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-pete-alonso","16":"tag-seattle-mariners","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}