The Seattle Navy launched their deadline activity on Thursday by acquiring an old All-Star from Arizona Diamondbacks.
Josh Naylor, an all-star from the American League in 2024 with the Cleveland Guardians, was exchanged by the DBACH in difficulty with a week to go before the commercial deadline of July 31 of baseball, according to several reports on Thursday.
Ken Rosenthal de Athletics was the first to point out that Naylor went to Seattle. Jeff Passan d’Espn was the first with the complete terms of trade.
The left -hander Brandyn Garcia and the right -hander Ashton Izzi returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks of the Seattle Mariners for the first goal player Josh Naylor, have sources in ESPN. It is complete trade.
And thus begins the period of deadlines. Close.
– Jeff Passan (@jeffpapassan) July 25, 2025
The navies would send the left -hander Brandyn Garcia and the right -hander Ashton Izzi to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Naylor, who had struck .292 / .360 / .447 with 11 circuits and 59 points produced this season.
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In a commercial deadline perceived as particularly favorable to sellers, Naylor was on a short list of the best available strikers. Slugger Gaucher, he finished last season with 31 circuits, 108 points produced and an average of the stick of .243 for Cleveland.
After Naylor helped the Guardians to go to the Al Championship series, he was negotiated directly against the Slade Cecconi launcher in December.
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The attempted Diamondbacks to return to World Series after a disappointing 2024 season has never taken off. Until Wednesday, there were 50 to 53 years, needed to spend four teams to build their deficit of 5.5 games in the Wild Card race of the National League.
Seattle, at 54-48 and second in the West American League at the Astros of Houston, holds the second position of the Joker in the Al. But they are virtual equally with the Red Sox of Boston (55-49) and only 1.5 match ahead of the Rays of Tampa Bay (53-50) and the Texas Rangers (53-50). A bad weekend could come out completely from the position of the playoffs.
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Naylor’s trade could move the needle for a team that missed the playoffs in 2024 and never won a world series in its history.
Josh Naylor will probably cost less than Eugenio Suarez (who seems to auction war), I guess Mariners thought they could strike early and pay less for someone who could help them a lot of need. In a vacuum, you prefer the quality of contact from Suarez more D.
– ENO Sarris (@enosarris) July 25, 2025
Mariners and diamondbacks may not have moved with seven games to do.
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If Arizona chooses to dismantle his alignment, the third goal player Eugenio Suarez and the launchers Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen could recover a good return from the perspectives. According to Adam Jude of Seattle Times, the navies plan to remain engaged with the diamondbacks on A Suarez potential trade.
Source: Even after having acquired Naylor, the sailors plan to stay engaged with the backs at a potential meeting with Eugenio Suarez. https://t.co/12bkfi8y9d
– Adam Jude (@a_jude) July 25, 2025
The 115 ops + of the navy as a team is fourth Mlb. But their heaviest starting rotation has an MPM of 3.95, 15th in MLB, while their enclosure (3.90 ERA) had trouble filling the intermediate sleeves in All-Star closer to Andres Munoz.
Do not be surprised if the navies collect a lifter or two, if nothing else. They have already sent a message to the rest of Mlb By acquiring Naylor on Thursday: the sales period season has arrived.
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