BA GRADE
40
Risk: High
Born: Feb. 8, 1993. B-T: R-R. Ht.: 6-4. Wt.: 185. Drafted: Alabama-Birmingham, 2015 (20th round). Signed by: Kelcey Mucker.
Naile already owns a pretty cool distinction in his professional career: Pitching for Double-A Midland, he threw six shutout innings and got the victory in the deciding game of the 2016 Texas League championship series, and then threw six shutout innings and got the victory in the deciding game of the 2017 Texas League championship series as well.
Naile doesn’t possess overpowering stuff, but his fastball jumped from sitting in the high 80s in 2016 to the low 90s in 2017. He gets excellent sink on his fastball, which runs in on righthanded hitters. He attacks the strike zone, with just 62 walks in 256 minor league innings. He also employs a slider, changeup and cutter. Naile won a minor league Gold Glove in 2016, when he handled 48 chances without an error at four different levels. Naile does have an injury history: He sat out the 2014 season at Alabama-Birmingham after Tommy John surgery, and he missed about two months of the 2017 season with an oblique strain.
People in the A’s organization love his competitiveness. He figures to begin 2018 with Triple-A Nashville.
Year |
Club (League) |
Class |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
2015 |
Athletics (AZL) |
R |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
2 |
0 |
|
Vermont (NYP) |
SS |
3 |
0 |
1.93 |
18 |
0 |
2016 |
Nashville (PCL) |
AAA |
1 |
1 |
5.73 |
2 |
2 |
|
Beloit (MWL) |
LoA |
3 |
8 |
2.66 |
15 |
14 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
HiA |
4 |
1 |
3.76 |
8 |
7 |
|
Midland (TL) |
AA |
1 |
1 |
4.76 |
3 |
3 |
2017 |
Athletics (AZL) |
R |
0 |
0 |
1.80 |
2 |
2 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
HiA |
0 |
0 |
5.14 |
2 |
2 |
|
Midland (TL) |
AA |
2 |
3 |
3.21 |
14 |
10 |
Minor League Totals |
14 |
14 |
3.20 |
66 |
40 |
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Year |
Club (League) |
CG |
SV |
IP |
H |
HR |
2015 |
Athletics (AZL) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vermont (NYP) |
0 |
6 |
23 |
19 |
0 |
2016 |
Nashville (PCL) |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
1 |
|
Beloit (MWL) |
0 |
0 |
88 |
67 |
2 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
0 |
0 |
41 |
39 |
5 |
|
Midland (TL) |
0 |
0 |
17 |
20 |
1 |
2017 |
Athletics (AZL) |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
0 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
|
Midland (TL) |
0 |
0 |
62 |
55 |
5 |
Minor League Totals |
0 |
6 |
256 |
224 |
15 |
|
Year |
Club (League) |
BB |
SO |
K/9 |
WHIP |
AVG |
2015 |
Athletics (AZL) |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
0.00 |
.000 |
|
Vermont (NYP) |
6 |
17 |
6.6 |
1.07 |
.218 |
2016 |
Nashville (PCL) |
5 |
4 |
3.3 |
1.45 |
.256 |
|
Beloit (MWL) |
19 |
64 |
6.5 |
0.98 |
.211 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
11 |
46 |
10.2 |
1.23 |
.257 |
|
Midland (TL) |
3 |
11 |
5.8 |
1.35 |
.303 |
2017 |
Athletics (AZL) |
0 |
11 |
19.8 |
0.80 |
.211 |
|
Stockton (CAL) |
1 |
4 |
5.1 |
1.43 |
.290 |
|
Midland (TL) |
17 |
42 |
6.1 |
1.17 |
.239 |
Minor League Totals |
62 |
200 |
7.0 |
1.12 |
.235 |
|