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Jon Edwards

Guardians Career team 2018–2019
Number #46
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 38
Height 6' 5"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Chicago, IL
Born Jan 8, 1988

Key Insights

2019
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .480 expected average against them, against .281 on his breaking balls.

73 of his fastballs thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Edwards's slider moves 17.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

58 thrown, averaging 86.0 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Edwards releases the ball from over the top, about 76 degrees above horizontal and 0.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

143 tracked release points, averaging 6.3 feet off the ground.
He lives on one side of the plate

Edwards works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 7.9 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

143 located pitches in 2019.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Edwards throws the slider 51.5% of the time against right-handers and 14.3% against left-handers.

101 pitches to right-handers, 42 to left-handers.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Edwards goes to the slider: 51.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 36.3% the rest of the time.

41 two-strike pitches in 2019.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 8, 1988
Birth Place Chicago, IL
Height 6' 5"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right