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Player

Josh Naylor

SEA1BBats LThrows LActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

1,999

Chase%

38.1%

Zone swing%

68.4%

Whiff%

16.2%

xwOBA

0.315

Barrel%

4.4%

Hard-hit%

36.3%

Avg EV

86.8 mph

Swing Decision Value

65

Decision

66

Contact

85

Damage

19

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball50625.3%5.4%43.1%0.349
Sinker36218.1%9.5%37.4%0.320
Slider28914.5%29.0%37.6%0.244
Changeup21010.5%20.2%38.3%0.312
Cutter1899.5%10.3%33.0%0.337
Sweeper1386.9%29.7%31.7%0.353
Curveball1356.8%31.3%39.2%0.236
Splitter984.9%19.6%40.4%0.307
Knuckle Curve492.5%31.8%33.3%
Unknown120.6%
Slurve70.4%33.3%20.0%
Eephus20.1%
Slow Curve10.1%
Fastball10.1%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.