SEATTLE -- Within moments of the news breaking of Josh Naylor ’s trade to the Mariners in July, Seattle sports fans excitingly resurfaced one particular highlight of their new first baseman. The one from May 2022, when Naylor -- then with the Guardians -- drilled a three-run home run in the top of the 11th inning in Chicago, circled the bases, chucked his helmet into the dugout wall and screamed expletives at the top of his lungs.

In the 10 weeks since the trade, the Mariners have seen flashes of that Naylor, none more so than after his clutch, bases-clearing double that powered Seattle to the win that sealed its spot in the postseason last week. But the overarching theme to the 28-year-old first baseman’s time in the Pacific Northwest thus far hasn’t been fiery explosions of emot

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