Guardians' Bo Naylor is no longer 6-feet tall
Kind of a bummer for Bo.
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Bo Naylor is no longer part of that club with the Cleveland Guardians . His height has changed. Naylor himself isn't actually any taller or shorter.
His official listing with Major League Baseball has just been altered. Last season, Naylor was listed at 6-feet even. Now, he's listed at 5-foot-9.
Yep, a drastic change, and for good reason. "We’re going to see a lot of height changes this year because, with the rollout of ABS, MLB is now measuring each player's height down to the millimeter," Joe Pompliano wrote on X . "The process is super strict — no shoes, no hats, knees exposed, back against the wall — and to account for potential shrinkage throughout the day, MLB is even requiring all its teams to take measurements between 10 am and 12 pm local time on their appointed day.