Josh Naylor stole second base standing up on Monday evening for the Seattle Mariners against the Toronto Blue Jays in ALCS Game 2.

Standing up. Seriously.

Naylor did that despite being one of the slowest players in baseball. He’s in the third-percentile in sprint speed, according to Statcast, meaning that every 19 out of 20 MLB players runs faster than Naylor.

Despite that, Naylor stole all 19 of his attempts after being traded to the Mariners before the trade deadline. He was 30-for-32 in the regular season overall.

Naylor is that brilliant on the basepaths.

“I think it’s about not being afraid to fail,” Naylor told The Athletic. “Not being afraid to take a chance. That’s big for me. I try not to think about failure. Try not to think about, ‘What if I do this?’ I just like to play baseball, play hard.”

Josh’s brother, Guardians catcher Bo, also spoke to The Athletic for that story earlier this season.

“For Josh, it’s the intellectual part of the game,” Bo said. “It’s the pattern recognition and being able to take advantage of those things. You compare him to someone who has just crazy speed, they can just trust their legs to do the work. To everyone who has the potential to steal bases, it just depends on whatever your ability is and making the most of it.”

Naylor’s career-high for steals entering this season was the 10 he got for Cleveland in 2023.

Then he stole 11 in 93 games for the Diamondbacks this season, and 19 in 54 games for the Mariners.

He’s legitimately one of the best base-stealers in baseball, and it makes no sense, and it’s awesome.

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