Cleveland Guardians top prospect Bo Naylor has struggled early on in his MLB career, coming into Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals with a .125 batting average. However, he has the best game of his young career in Wednesday’s matchup, including his first MLB home run.
The struggles that Naylor has experienced are somewhat to be expected of most prospects transiting to the big leagues. He is currently ranked the No. 40 overall prospect on MLB.com’s top 100 prospect ranking. He also ranks third in the Guardians organization.
Naylor started off the game with two singles in his first two at-bats. This led to the biggest moment of his career in his third at-bat, crushing a home run to left-center field off Royals reliever James McArthur.
Bo Naylor crushes his first career homer! ⚾️💣👏pic.twitter.com/DVYHKlFTiV
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 29, 2023
It’s a special moment for any player to hit their first career home run in the MLB. Naylor’s was even more special due to his brother, Josh Naylor, playing on his team as well. The two shared an awesome embrace once Bo Naylor got into the dugout.
Bo Naylor’s older brother Josh waited at the top of the dugout to celebrate the first career dinger. ⚾️❤️pic.twitter.com/qjkwBq19bH
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 29, 2023
Many around the MLB world took notice of this cool interaction between the two brothers and absolutely loved it.
Bo Naylor's first career home run and Josh Naylor is there at the top step of the dugout to give him an aggressively excited hug.
— Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) June 29, 2023
Bo Naylor hits his 1st career dinger and his brother, Josh, is right at the top step to greet him. pic.twitter.com/WI7JLP5S20
— MLB (@MLB) June 29, 2023
Bo Naylor's first career home run comes complete with a hug from his big brother pic.twitter.com/lYcczKtiEL
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 29, 2023
First of MANY home runs for Bo Naylor 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NEKEcLT0AF
— betJACK (@betJACK) June 29, 2023
Bo Naylor goes DEEP for the first time in The Show!
MLB's No. 40 prospect swats a 106.9 mph 🚀 for the @CleGuardians: pic.twitter.com/SOZaVCixfr
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 29, 2023
Bo Naylor launched his first career home run and hugged his brother when he came back into the dugout. Baseball is awesome ⚾️❤️pic.twitter.com/UM0ipWuNAZ
— Baseball King (@BasebaIlKing) June 29, 2023
Josh Naylor had quite the game himself, recording two doubles and driving in a run. The Guardians would cruise to a 14-1 win, in large part thanks to the big game from the two brothers.
About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.