Josh Naylor went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in the Mariners’ 8-3 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday.
Naylor entered last season with 25 career steals, and he surprisingly swiped 30 in his age-28 campaign. That led to plenty of offseason discussion about whether the aggressiveness could continue with another year in Seattle. He’s up to 26 thefts with three and a half weeks to play, but he’s been caught seven times after just twice last season. Naylor’s batting average and counting stats have also declined from a season ago, tying his fantasy value to an unusual source of speed at first base.