CBN POW, Week XXV - Bo Naylor

Ontario Blue Jays C Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) is our final POW.

September 28, 2022

George Farrelli

Canadian Baseball Network

At the Canadian Futures Showcase in Ottawa, one man stood alone.

Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) easily won the home run derby staged with aluminum bats at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park.

And his older brother Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) stood alone with the triple-A Columbus Clippers. While Myles was the best of 146 players at the showcase, Bo was the best of the Canucks -- and the only one to qualify for our weekly minimum of 10 at-bats, making him Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week for Week XXV.

The triple A teams finished the season Sept. 28. Factoring in the recent call ups to the majors for Charles Leblanc (Miami Marlins), Jared Young (Chicago Cubs), Rob Zastryzny (Los Angeles Angels), Abraham Toro (Seattle Mariners) and Otto Lopez (Toronto Blue Jays), plus Atlanta placing Gwinnett pitcher Mike Soroka on the Injured list for the remainder of the season, only four players were on active rosters this week for triple A games.

The four included Kole Cottam (Worcester), Trevor Brigden (Durham) or Curtis Taylor (Rochester) and Naylor. Only Naylor met the threshold for an appearance on this week’s lists.

This will be the final submission for 2022 until we get until the top 10 lists in a couple of weeks.

How the week went for Naylor as he ...

_ Catching and batting third, he was 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 5-4 loss to the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field in front of 3,841 fans. He singled in the eighth to knock in a run and even the score at 3-3.

_ Served as the DH and batted third as he went 2-for-5 with an RBI in an 8-7 loss to Toledo before 5,826 fans. He led off the fourth with his 14th double to right field and hit a run-scoring single to right for a 7-4 lead.

_ Batting third and catching he was 3-for-6 with five RBIs in a 17-1 victory over the Indianapolis Indians before 7,331 fans at Huntington Park. Naylor singled on a line drive to right in the first, he hit a three-run homer, his 14th, to right field for an 8-1 lead and went deep in the eighth with a two-run homer, No. 15.

Highlight _ INF Charles Leblanc, Laval, Que. - Named by the Miami Marlins as the 2022 Most Valuable Player with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, their affiliate in the triple-A International League.

Best Offense

Player/Class/Team

Bo Naylor triple-A

GM AB R H HR RBI Avg.

3 14 3 6 2 5 .429

Best Pitching

N/A

Player of the Week

Week I - INF Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) Marlins

Week II _ OF Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) A’s

Week III _ OF Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) Brewers

Week IV _ RHP Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont,) Braves