{"id":719368,"date":"2026-06-07T03:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/719368\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T03:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:06:17","slug":"mariners-josh-naylor-under-fire-after-tigers-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/719368\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners\u2019 Josh Naylor Under Fire After Tigers Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

After their game versus the Detroit Tigers<\/a> on Saturday afternoon, the Mariners<\/a> advanced to 34-31 on the season. They currently hold first place in a weak American League West.<\/p>\n

A year removed from a run to the ALCS, it\u2019s the team’s hitting that\u2019s been the issue. The Mariners\u2019 270 runs scored this season ranks 16th in MLB<\/a>. While players like Randy Arozarena<\/a> and Julio Rodr\u00edguez<\/a> are doing their part, there are some that are not.<\/p>\n

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The most glaring of that group is first baseman<\/a> Josh Naylor<\/a>. The 28-year-old signed a five-year, $92.5 million deal with Seattle<\/a> this offseason. Now 65 games into their season he has not only been lacking in production but also been a bit of a headache as of late.<\/p>\n

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Seattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor (12) \u00a9 Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s series opener against the Detroit Tigers, Naylor fielded a ground ball deep in the hole at first base. Instead of tossing the ball to his pitcher Bryan Woo<\/a> for the sure out, Naylor opted to sprint towards the bag himself. He got there just in time for the out, but collided with Tigers third baseman<\/a> Kevin McGonigle in the process.<\/p>\n

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In Saturday\u2019s game Naylor pulled another Bush League move, this time throwing his sliding mitt at Detroit catcher Dillon Dingler<\/a> in hopes of potentially distracting him. Naylor slid in safely to put the Mariners up 3-0 in the third inning.<\/p>\n

His next plate appearance in the fifth inning, Naylor was promptly thrown at by Tigers\u2019 starter Keider Montero<\/a>. The 96 MPH sinker hit Naylor square in the back of the shoulder. It\u2019s worth noting that Montero has only thrown 17 sinkers that hard the entire season.<\/p>\n

Detroit infielder Colt Keith<\/a> said that he has seen Naylor do some questionable things on the diamond before, but that he didn\u2019t think Montero meant to hit him. This was reported by Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n

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The Seattle slugger has played poorly to start the season, compiling a .254 batting average and .318 on-base percentage with a .676 OPS. He has 6 home runs and 25 RBI.<\/p>\n

The Mariners still have another game to go in Detroit<\/a>, Sunday at 1:40 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n

Related: Mariners Infielder Exits Game After Being Hit By Pitch<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After their game versus the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon, the Mariners advanced to 34-31 on the season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,762,1964,147,53,1390,94,3992,6671,620,4,1456,619,65,3235,4989],"class_list":["post-719368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seattle-mariners","tag-baseball","tag-bryan-woo","tag-colt-keith","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-dillon-dingler","tag-josh-naylor","tag-julio-rodriguez","tag-keider-montero","tag-mariners","tag-mlb","tag-randy-arozarena","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-seattlemariners","tag-the-mariners"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116706619299869738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}