Outfielder Tyler Naquin Rejoins Team He Led to World Series — As a Pitcher
March 6, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.Â
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The Cleveland Guardians are bringing back a free agent outfielder from their 2016 American League pennant-winning club — as a pitcher.
Tyler Naquin, 33, has never thrown a pitch as a professional, but he’ll be the latest veteran free agent to attempt to make the conversion at the minor league level.
Here is a fun one: We’ve signed RHP Tyler Naquin to a Minor League contract. He has reported to the club’s Goodyear facility, converting to a right-handed pitcher. pic.twitter.com/LwGzHLf147
— GuardsInsider (@GuardsInsider) March 6, 2025
From 2016-20, Naquin played 1,023 games for the Guardians. As a rookie in 2016, he slashed .296/.372/.514 (128 OPS+ and finished third in AL Rookie of the Year voting.
Mark Canha #19, Terrance Gore #4 and Tyler Naquin #25 of the New York Mets celebrate the win over the Washington Nationals during game two of a double header at Citi Field on October 04,… Mark Canha #19, Terrance Gore #4 and Tyler Naquin #25 of the New York Mets celebrate the win over the Washington Nationals during game two of a double header at Citi Field on October 04, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens.
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Naquin appeared in an additional 25 postseason games as the Guardians marched all the way to the World Series, where they lost a seven-game thriller to the Chicago Cubs.
After being released by the Chicago White Sox in Oct. 2023, Naquin did not appear in a major or minor league game last year.
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