A career year has landed Josh Naylor some national recognition.

The Seattle Mariners slugger captured the Tip O’Neill Award as Canada’s top baseball player in 2025, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Thursday.

Naylor, of Mississauga, Ont., starred for Seattle after a mid-season trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

He crushed nine home runs and stole 19 bases in just 54 regular-season games with the club before leading it to the ALCS, where it fell to the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games.

But Naylor shone in the playoffs too, where he became the first Canadian to blast a home run against the Blue Jays in the post-season. The first baseman hit .417 in the ALCS with three dingers and five RBIs.

Scott Crawford, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame director of operations, said N

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