<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-cleveland-acquires-dodgers-of-josh-naylor-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians acquire Dodgers OF after Josh Naylor injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dodgers-news-Los-Angeles-adds-former-Gold-Glove-winner-after-Yankees-departure.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians acquire Dodgers OF after Josh Naylor injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-04T13:29:49-07:00">August 4th, 1:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-04T14:28:57-07:00">August 4th, 2:28pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football, with an emphasis on MLB as a Lead Editor. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Guardians <a href="https://twitter.com/MandyBell02/status/1687533246643372039" rel="noopener">acquired</a> Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kole Calhoun, per Mandy Bell. Cleveland also placed first basemen/designated hitter Josh Naylor and infielder Tyler Freeman on the injured list and called up infielder Jose Tena.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-cleveland-players-get-real-on-josh-naylor-amid-breakout-season" rel="noopener">Naylor has performed well</a> in 2023, and losing him will hurt the Guardians’ chances of catching the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central. Cleveland currently sits 2.5 games behind Minnesota in the division. The addition of Calhoun is interesting, though. He offers impressive defense to go along with left-handed power.</p><h2><b>Guardians acquire Kole Calhoun from Dodgers</b></h2><p>Calhoun did not appear in an MLB game <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-los-angeles-former-gold-glove-winner-yankees" rel="noopener">for the Dodgers</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardPro/status/1687520635314982915" rel="noopener">He did hit over .300</a> across 35 games for L.A.’s Triple-A team, per Guardians Prospective on Twitter.</p><p>Calhoun last appeared in an MLB game during the 2022 season with the Texas Rangers. He struggled mightily, however, slashing .196/.257/.330 with a .587 OPS and 12 home runs.</p><p>Calhoun’s best seasons came with the Los Angeles Angels. He won the Gold Glove award in 2015 while hitting 26 home runs. Calhoun’s defensive prowess in right field was important to the ballclub without question. In 2019, he took a step forward and clubbed a career-high 33 home runs in what ended up being his final season in Anaheim. The Guardians are hoping he can add some of that power to their lineup as Cleveland’s offense has struggled in 2023.</p><h2><b>Josh Naylor injury timetable</b></h2><p>Josh Naylor, who’s dealing with an oblique injury, was <a href="https://twitter.com/MandyBell02/status/1687557573296209921" rel="noopener">given a three- to six-week timetable</a>, according to Bell. Guardians manager Terry Francona referred to the injury timeline as “extremely tentative.”</p><p>Cleveland is still in the playoff race despite their underwhelming season. The Guardians will need Naylor to return as soon as possible if they want to win the division, though.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians acquire Dodgers OF after Josh Naylor injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-cleveland-players-get-real-on-josh-naylor-amid-breakout-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians players get real on Josh Naylor amid breakout season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Josh-Naylor-Guardians-Steven-Kwan-Myles-Straw-Bo-Naylor.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians players get real on Josh Naylor amid breakout season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-21T22:20:47-07:00">July 21st, 10:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-21T22:20:47-07:00">July 21st, 10:20pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Guardians may not be playing at the level they did last year, but that is through no fault of Josh Naylor’s. Naylor has taken his game <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-josh-naylor-shohei-ohtani-impression-hot-stretch" rel="noopener">to the next level</a>, emerging as one of the best hitters in the heart of the Guardians order. Through 85 games, Naylor <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/josh-naylor/18839/stats?position=1B/OF" rel="noopener">has tallied</a> 15 home runs and 75 runs batted in, with career-highs in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage to boot. (.310/.350/.522)</p><p>Nevertheless, it seems like Naylor is more than a player who drives in runs for a team that struggles to score. (To put things in perspective, the Guardians have <a href="https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/runs-per-game" rel="noopener">scored just 4.17 runs</a> per game, good for 24th in the entire MLB.) The 26-year old slugger has also emerged as one of the team’s most influential voices in the locker room, taking the mantle as one of the most respected members of the team.</p><p>Speaking to Bally Sports Cleveland, a few Guardians players gave Josh Naylor his due praise. First and foremost, Bo Naylor, Josh’s brother, <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsCLE/status/1682521104055771138" rel="noopener">revealed just how immediately endearing</a> the 26-year old first baseman can be.</p><p>“When you’re in a clubhouse with him, it doesn’t take long for you to understand that he’s someone special. You know, someone who will be there for you at the drop of a hat. If you need him off the field, for any emergency, as much as anyone sees that he cares, it’s like tenfold off the field. And it’s in such a loving and pure way,” Naylor said of his brother.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"As much as everyone sees that he cares, it's like 10-fold off the field."</p><p>Josh Naylor has emerged as a leader in the <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CleGuardians</a> clubhouse and has garnered the respect of his teammates.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheLand</a> <a href="https://t.co/K0gKUxDABG">pic.twitter.com/K0gKUxDABG</a></p><p>— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsCLE/status/1682521104055771138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan then said that Josh Naylor did not hesitate to take him under his wing and that he gives him pointers on how to improve his game.</p><p>“He’s one of the most caring and nurturing people,” Kwan said. “In Spring Training last year, he’s showing me around, he’s telling me all these things, like, ‘Hey, it’s a good idea to do this.’ Very fatherly in that kind of sense.”</p><p>And just to hammer home that point even further, another Guardians outfielder in Myles Straw revealed just how much Josh Naylor puts the needs of others above himself.</p><p>“I think he cares about his teammates more than he cares about himself. That’s great, that’s heart. He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever had. He just cares,” Straw said.</p><p>Beyond Josh Naylor’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-jose-ramirez-help-josh-naylor" rel="noopener">breakout on the field</a>, this magnetic, loving personality he has should impact the lives of those close to him in an even greater degree — which might be an even greater win for the Guardians than anything they could achieve on the diamond.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians players get real on Josh Naylor amid breakout season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-josh-naylor-shohei-ohtani-impression-hot-stretch');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians’ Josh Naylor doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression amid scorching hot stretch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Thumbs-6-3.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians’ Josh Naylor doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression amid scorching hot stretch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-19T08:32:03-07:00">July 19th, 8:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-19T08:32:03-07:00">July 19th, 8:32am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>My name is Owen Crisafulli, and I recently received my Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and love discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Guardians are still somehow alive in the race to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-cleveland-cal-quantrill-15-day-injured-list" rel="noopener">win the American League Central</a> this season, despite the fact that they have a sub .500 record at 47-48. While they haven’t been getting great production from many of their players, one guy who has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-josh-naylor-mlb-history" rel="noopener">stepped up</a> in recent weeks has been Josh Naylor.</p><p>Naylor has been putting together a strong season at the plate for the Guardians (.311 BA, 15 HR, 75 RBI, .875 OPS), but he has really <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackMeisel/status/1681473750292746242" rel="noopener">turned things up a notch</a> as of late. In fact, it’s getting to the point where it’s looking like the only hitter in the MLB who is <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1681674816581935104" rel="noopener">hotter</a> than Naylor right now is Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani, which is quite prestigious company for Naylor to have placed himself in.</p><p>Via Zack Meisel:</p><p>Over the last 10 weeks, Josh Naylor boasts a .380/.414/.650 slash line.</p><p>MLB leaders in OPS over that span:<br>1. Shohei Ohtani, 1.184 OPS<br>2. Josh Naylor, 1.064 OPS</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A scorching start to the summer for Josh Naylor.</p><p>(MLB x <a href="https://twitter.com/MattressFirm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattressFirm</a>) <a href="https://t.co/7h0Jt2jCkt">pic.twitter.com/7h0Jt2jCkt</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1681674816581935104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With Cleveland’s pitching staff, particularly their starting rotation, struggling with injuries, the lineup has had to step up for them recently, and Naylor has been leading the way for them to this point. To see him nearly going toe-to-toe with Ohtani, who appears to be in the process of putting together a historic campaign at the plate himself, is wildly impressive.</p><p>And yet, even with Naylor’s hitting heroics, the Guardians are still sitting 1.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins in their division. The good news is that there is tons of time for them to close that gap, and if Naylor can continue hitting at this outrageous rate, there’s a decent chance that Cleveland will still find their way into the 2023 MLB Playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians’ Josh Naylor doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression amid scorching hot stretch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-josh-naylors-ecstatic-reaction-bo-naylors-first-mlb-hit');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Naylor’s ecstatic reaction to brother Bo Naylor’s first MLB hit with Guardians');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Guardians-news-Josh-Naylor_s-ecstatic-reaction-to-brother-Bo-Naylor_s-first-MLB-hit.jpeg"></figure><h1>Josh Naylor’s ecstatic reaction to brother Bo Naylor’s first MLB hit with Guardians</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-22T11:42:36-07:00">June 22nd, 11:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-22T11:43:07-07:00">June 22nd, 11:43am</time><address><a>Colin Gallant</a>Colin Gallant has been writing about sports since covering the local high school teams as a freshman in Ontario, Canada over a decade ago. He has a Masters degree in journalism, a passion for all sports, especially hockey, and a laser focus on winning more fantasy championships. He joined ClutchPoints in 2022.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Bo Naylor recorded his first Major League Baseball hit in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-guardians-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-6-21-2023" rel="noopener">Cleveland Guardians’ 7-6 win</a> over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night — and it <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bo-naylor-gets-first-mlb-hit-in-guardians-win" rel="noopener">earned the voracious approval</a> of his brother Josh.</p><p>Josh Naylor celebrated in the dugout with a huge huge smile on his face after Bo began the rally in the bottom of the eighth inning, recording a single and setting up a two-run frame that led to the narrow victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">You never forget your first.</p><p>Big bro approves. 🥲<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheLand</a> <a href="https://t.co/VRoC9bekVV">pic.twitter.com/VRoC9bekVV</a></p><p>— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardians/status/1671695465333551104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It was awesome,” Josh said after the game, according to MLB.com’s Mandy Bell. “It was a very special moment for not only me, but my whole family, my other brother. I can’t really describe how cool the feeling was, but it was awesome to be part of that.”</p><p>It was certainly a special moment for Bo, who played just five games last season and went 0-for-8 over that stretch. He had been 0-for-9 in his first three contests of 2023 before finally breaking through with his first hit.</p><p>“Definitely feels like a big weight lifted off your shoulders,” Bo explained, per Bell. “The guys around me have supported me so much. There’s always going to be another at-bat. So, I think it’s about continuing to going into every at-bat prepared and ready to do whatever you can. That one, that was my moment.”</p><p>It was an incredible moment for Bo, and also a phenomenal performance from Josh, who had four hits in the contest and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-josh-naylor-mlb-history" rel="noopener">continued his hot streak at the plate</a>.</p><p>“I felt really special because he’s such an amazing brother,” Bo said about Josh. “He supports me so much, and he’s been one of the guys day in and day out that’s just always building me up and really making me feel like a part of this group. He’s been the first guy to make me feel welcome in this environment, and it showed in that moment, as well.”</p><p>Bo Naylor scored a run after his first big league hit, and saw brother Josh waiting by the on-deck circle for a hug just moments before the Guardians secured the victory.</p><p>“It was definitely a special one — something I’ll always be grateful for,” Bo Naylor said. “Really embracing the fans and taking my breaths whenever I could in such a high-intensity time, that’s something that I’ll never forget.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Naylor’s ecstatic reaction to brother Bo Naylor’s first MLB hit with Guardians

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Naylor had a five-hit weekend with seven RBIs and five runs scored.</p><p>Overall this season, Naylor has a .214 batting average with six home runs and 26 RBIs. He had a breakout of sorts last season, launching 20 home runs and 28 doubles to go along with 79 RBIs.</p><p>Thanks in large part to the heroics of Naylor, the Guardians won their second series in the last eight over the weekend, improving to 19-21 on the season. Cleveland figures to be in the thick of the AL Central division race throughout the season as it looks to win its second consecutive division crown.</p><p>Naylor has established himself as one of the more outgoing players on the diamond and with weekends like that how can you blame him? He’s enjoying his baseball right now and doing what the Guardians expect him to do. If he achieves nothing else of significance in his career, Josh Naylor can forever say he was the first player in the modern era to achieve this rare feat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.375	1	9	0.998	3

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.375	1	9	0.998	3

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