I think they sneak him [Bo Naylor] on for the Royals series.
@DJTJ
And Bo is on the taxi squad and up in Cleveland.
The Mets have promoted young Francisco Alvarez up to their major league club. This promotion appears to be very similar to what could be a promotion of Bo Naylor onto the Guardians squad.. perhaps, for the one or two of the Royals games starting tonight..
Interesting that both clubs are promoting early 20 something catchers.. (they are less than 14 months apart in age) and have similar numbers in their 2022 results..
Bo Naylor: .263/.392/.888
52 games @ AA 170 AB's 46 Hits, 20 were XBH's, 45 walks 46 K's .271/.427/.898
66 games @ AAA 245 AB's 63 Hits, 31 were XBH's, 37 walks 75 K's .257/.366/.880
Francisco Alvarez. .260/.374/.885
67 games @ AA 253 AB's 70 Hits, 34 were XBH's, 36 walks 71 K's .277/.368/.921
45 games @ AAA 158 AB's 37 Hits, 15 were XBH's, 34 walks 52 K's .234/.382/.825
Spooky how close these two guys are... offensively.. Bo is a little better on the basepaths. Alvarez is a little worse against better pitching.. Defensively.. Alvarez & Naylor are almost indistinguishable.. They're both showing the ability to stay behind the dish at the highest levels as an every day back stop. Alvarez may be a little better blocking pitches.. Naylor may be a little better calling a game..
Should be interesting to see how they do going forward..
Thoughts...
This posting may be better placed in a different thread.. it just started here with the
@DJTJ posting about Bo Naylor being on the "taxi squad" w/
@BimboColesHair response about being sneaky..