Carl Edwards Jr.
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 165LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 48, #1464, Texas Rangers | Mid-Carolina (SC) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 3 2.76 57 0 2 62 56 1.23
2023 1 3 3.69 32 0 2 31.2 24 1.52
2024 0 0 -.-- 1 0 0 0 0 -.--
10 Seasons 16 14 3.54 296 0 7 280 328 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 57 6-3 2.76 62 56 1.23
2023 32 1-3 3.69 31.2 24 1.52
2024 1 0-0 -.-- 0 0 -.--
10 Seasons 296 16-14 3.54 280 328 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 23 72 12 1 8.3 5.3 82.8 99.1 9.1 41.7 .222 .335 .267 .311 .321 16.7 21.1 15.8 3.86 4.02
2016 24 623 72 5 6.9 3.6 85.9 109.4 10.0 37.5 .190 .319 .203 .260 .373 29.2 37.7 10.1 3.75 2.80
2017 25 1129 125 5 4.0 1.9 82.7 110.1 12.5 29.6 .169 .263 .238 .266 .326 25.8 35.9 14.9 2.98 2.99
2018 26 946 123 5 4.1 2.3 85.2 108.2 19.4 39.8 .201 .296 .268 .282 .333 26.8 30.2 14.4 2.60 3.32
2019 27 346 45 6 13.3 7.7 87.5 110.5 20.5 42.2 .248 .457 .304 .362 .412 31.1 24.4 16.7 8.47 6.00
2020 28 56 10 0 0.0 0.0 91.6 101.3 12.4 10.0 .110 .151 .206 .152 .188 50.0 35.3 5.9 1.93 1.03
2021 29 111 22 2 9.1 6.7 89.5 106.4 22.3 31.8 .270 .490 .516 .338 .398 50.0 20.0 6.7 11.12 4.92
2022 30 1014 174 8 4.6 3.1 87.7 111.0 12.2 32.8 .212 .340 .291 .284 .315 35.6 21.9 9.8 2.76 3.31
2023 31 565 100 4 4.0 2.8 86.3 112.9 10.1 33.0 .264 .355 .309 .316 .331 29.0 16.9 12.0 3.69 4.21
2024 32 12 1 0 0.0 0.0 98.3 98.3 -2.1 0.0 .472 .479 .753 .603 .430 100.0 0.0 66.7 0.00 25.01
Player 4874 684 36 5.3 3.1 86.0 112.9 13.8 34.4 .207 .323 .273 .287 .336 30.7 28.1 12.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Edwards relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(50.0%) ,
Curveball
(41.7%) ,
Changeup
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 58.3 8.3 33.3 0.0 50.0 8.3 41.7 8.3 50.0 8.3 25.0 0.0 8.3 5.3
2016 51.4 18.1 25.0 5.6 19.4 37.5 40.3 1.4 38.9 20.8 27.8 1.4 6.9 3.6
2017 46.4 26.4 20.8 6.4 35.2 38.4 26.4 12.0 27.2 27.2 24.8 4.0 4.0 1.9
2018 32.5 29.3 28.5 9.8 29.3 35.8 35.0 4.9 23.6 33.3 30.1 3.3 4.1 2.3
2019 26.7 28.9 31.1 13.3 22.2 37.8 40.0 4.4 20.0 31.1 26.7 4.4 13.3 7.7
2020 60.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 40.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 30.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
2021 22.7 40.9 22.7 13.6 27.3 36.4 36.4 4.5 13.6 36.4 31.8 4.5 9.1 6.7
2022 48.3 24.7 20.1 6.9 29.9 46.0 24.1 2.9 35.1 29.3 21.3 5.7 4.6 3.1
2023 45.0 23.0 28.0 4.0 36.0 44.0 20.0 5.0 32.0 23.0 34.0 2.0 4.0 2.8
2024 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.1 25.3 24.3 7.3 30.4 40.2 29.1 5.3 30.4 27.8 26.6 3.8 5.3 3.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Changeup SD R 1 87.0 28.2 -1.9 15.1ARM 1.1 7.8 -2.9 15.1ARM 0.9
2024 Curveball SD R 5 77.4 55.4 -1.1 3.0GLV -4.9 -9.6 -0.3 3.0GLV -6.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 6 91.5 18.7 -2.9 3.0GLV -9.0 13.9 -1.9 3.0GLV -10.5
2023 Curveball WSH R 70 79.5 55.5 1.2 7.5GLV 0.0 -12.0 2.1 7.5GLV -1.4
2023 Sinker WSH R 4 95.1 12.0 -7.7 2.3ARM -12.2 18.3 -10.7 2.3ARM -12.7
2023 Changeup WSH R 133 89.9 24.8 -1.9 12.8ARM -2.0 9.1 -3.7 12.8ARM -1.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 358 93.6 15.7 -1.3 2.8GLV -8.6 15.4 -0.4 2.8GLV -10.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -13.0 -1 6 50.0 2 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 Curveball -17.4 -1 5 41.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 0.0 .472 .479 .430 100.0
2024 Changeup 13.5 0 1 8.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -4 358 63.4 89 .312 .468 .395 15.7 14.6 12.0 .296 .393 .351 26.6
2023 Changeup 2.0 3 133 23.5 34 .188 .188 .226 32.3 23.5 19.5 .210 .279 .242 25.0
2023 Curveball 5.2 4 70 12.4 17 .067 .133 .156 32.1 17.6 16.7 .214 .321 .285 50.0
2023 Sinker 5.8 0 4 0.7 -- -- -- 33.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 109 90.0 79 15.8 12:45 2:00 -75
2023 Curveball 65 79.5 86 16.7 6:45 7:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 333 93.6 68 15.1 12:00 11:30 30
2022 Changeup 96 90.7 86 16.0 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 Curveball 226 80.2 81 15.2 6:45 7:15 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 666 94.6 70 15.8 12:15 11:45 30
2022 Sinker 14 95.0 78 18.2 12:15 12:15 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 163 725 6 9 -1 -3 11
2017 281 1,232 17 19 -12 -8 16
2018 221 946 11 5 -6 -4 6
2019 78 346 2 0 -5 -3 -6
2021 30 111 1 -4 -1 -1 -6
2022 256 1,014 13 7 -9 -5 6
2023 140 565 7 3 -5 -2 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 72 52.1 45.9 76.5 26.5 55.6 39.4 63.2 36.1 30.8 7.0 80.0
2016 623 44.5 66.8 70.8 32.1 43.2 41.4 56.5 47.5 39.5 5.8 61.1
2017 1,129 46.0 62.3 71.7 31.1 50.8 42.6 57.7 45.3 35.4 8.0 65.6
2018 946 46.3 67.6 73.3 28.5 51.7 40.0 60.6 46.6 33.8 7.7 83.6
2019 346 50.0 67.1 83.6 27.2 59.6 35.3 51.3 47.1 23.3 10.1 68.6
2020 56 50.0 57.1 75.0 28.6 25.0 30.4 41.2 42.9 41.7 8.9 80.0
2021 111 45.0 72.0 80.6 19.7 41.7 34.2 40.0 43.2 29.2 6.3 100.0
2022 1,014 48.4 67.0 83.6 30.2 57.6 44.0 61.3 48.0 24.4 9.2 82.8
2023 565 45.3 68.4 84.0 30.1 65.6 45.0 61.4 47.4 21.6 7.3 68.3
2024 12 16.7 100.0 100.0 20.0 50.0 41.7 33.3 33.3 25.0 0.0 --
Player 4,874 46.6 65.8 77.2 29.8 53.2 41.6 58.3 46.6 30.6 7.9 74.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 88 100 58 95
2017 90 99 99 97 65 93 86 100 96 97 1 97 82 82 100 53 89
2018 79 90 94 95 41 94 90 98 97 89 1 93 57 74 100 42 86
2019 60 98 25 86
2021 63 99 80
2022 71 78 77 67 67 87 89 69 69 43 24 40 57 63 98 8 88
2023 42 99 14 80
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.7 4 3.3 1 0 2 2 50.0
2017 22.1 7 6.9 0 2 6 2 28.6
2018 21.7 2 2.5 -1 1 2 1 50.0
2019 24.1 3 2.8 0 0 2 1 33.3
2021 24.7 3 2.4 1 1 2 1 33.3
2022 23.7 8 6.9 1 1 5 3 37.5
2023 22.7 1 1.0 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 23.1 28 25.9 2 7 20 10 35.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
2017 7 6 7 5 7 8 8 6 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 6 8 7 9 6 8 8 7 6 6 9 8 7 5
2018 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3
2019 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
2021 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3
2022 8 8 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 9 7 8 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 9 7 5 6 8 8 8 6 5
2023 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 28 27 23 22 27 28 29 24 21 21 26 26 27 24 28 26 25 25 26 27 27 25 34 29 22 22 27 31 27 27 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 95.8 1.7 ↑ 95.2 -0.6 ↓ 94.5 -0.7 ↓ 93.8 -0.7 ↓ 93.3 -0.5 ↓ 94.2 0.9 ↑ 94.6 0.4 ↑ 93.6 -1.0 ↓ 91.5 -2.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 92.3 4.4 ↑ 0.0 0.0 89.5 0.0 87.8 -1.7 ↓ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.7 0.0 89.9 -0.8 ↓ 87.0 -2.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.1 81.3 2.2 ↑ 81.4 0.1 ↑ 80.2 -1.2 ↓ 79.2 -1.0 ↓ 78.9 -0.3 ↓ 79.4 0.5 ↑ 80.2 0.8 ↑ 79.5 -0.7 ↓ 77.4 -2.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 82.8 85.9 3.1 ↑ 82.7 -3.2 ↓ 85.2 2.5 ↑ 87.5 2.3 ↑ 91.6 4.1 ↑ 89.5 -2.1 ↓ 87.7 -1.8 ↓ 86.3 -1.4 ↓ 98.3 12.0 ↑
Launch Angle 9.1 10.0 0.9 ↑ 12.5 2.5 ↑ 19.4 6.9 ↑ 20.5 1.1 ↑ 12.4 -8.1 ↓ 22.3 9.9 ↑ 12.2 -10.1 ↓ 10.1 -2.1 ↓ -2.1 -12.2 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 6.9 -1.4 ↓ 4.0 -2.9 ↓ 4.1 0.1 ↑ 13.3 9.2 ↑ 0.0 -13.3 ↓ 9.1 9.1 ↑ 4.6 -4.5 ↓ 4.0 -0.6 ↓ 0.0 -4.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 16.7 29.2 12.5 ↑ 25.8 -3.4 ↓ 26.8 1.0 ↑ 31.1 4.3 ↑ 50.0 18.9 ↑ 50.0 0.0 35.6 -14.4 ↓ 29.0 -6.6 ↓ 100.0 71.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.7 37.5 -4.2 ↓ 29.6 -7.9 ↓ 39.8 10.2 ↑ 42.2 2.4 ↑ 10.0 -32.2 ↓ 31.8 21.8 ↑ 32.8 1.0 ↑ 33.0 0.2 ↑ 0.0 -33.0 ↓
xBA .222 .190 -0.032 ↓ .169 -0.021 ↓ .201 0.032 ↑ .248 0.047 ↑ .110 -0.138 ↓ .270 0.160 ↑ .212 -0.058 ↓ .264 0.052 ↑ .472 0.208 ↑
BA .188 .123 -0.065 ↓ .134 0.011 ↑ .190 0.056 ↑ .190 0.000 .125 -0.065 ↓ .407 0.282 ↑ .224 -0.183 ↓ .250 0.026 ↑ 1.000 0.750 ↑
xwOBA .311 .260 -0.051 ↓ .266 0.006 ↑ .282 0.016 ↑ .362 0.080 ↑ .152 -0.210 ↓ .338 0.186 ↑ .284 -0.054 ↓ .316 0.032 ↑ .603 0.287 ↑
wOBA .267 .203 -0.064 ↓ .238 0.035 ↑ .268 0.030 ↑ .304 0.036 ↑ .206 -0.098 ↓ .516 0.310 ↑ .291 -0.225 ↓ .309 0.018 ↑ .753 0.444 ↑
xSLG .336 .319 -0.017 ↓ .263 -0.056 ↓ .296 0.033 ↑ .457 0.161 ↑ .151 -0.306 ↓ .490 0.339 ↑ .340 -0.150 ↓ .355 0.015 ↑ .479 0.124 ↑
SLG .250 .246 -0.004 ↓ .230 -0.016 ↓ .275 0.045 ↑ .349 0.074 ↑ .313 -0.036 ↓ .852 0.539 ↑ .351 -0.501 ↓ .355 0.004 ↑ 1.000 0.645 ↑
K% 21.1 37.7 16.6 ↑ 35.9 -1.8 ↓ 30.2 -5.7 ↓ 24.4 -5.8 ↓ 35.3 10.9 ↑ 20.0 -15.3 ↓ 21.9 1.9 ↑ 16.9 -5.0 ↓ 0.0 -16.9 ↓
BB% 15.8 10.1 -5.7 ↓ 14.9 4.8 ↑ 14.4 -0.5 ↓ 16.7 2.3 ↑ 5.9 -10.8 ↓ 6.7 0.8 ↑ 9.8 3.1 ↑ 12.0 2.2 ↑ 66.7 54.7 ↑
Swing % 36.1 47.5 11.4 ↑ 45.3 -2.2 ↓ 46.6 1.3 ↑ 47.1 0.5 ↑ 42.9 -4.2 ↓ 43.2 0.3 ↑ 48.0 4.8 ↑ 47.4 -0.6 ↓ 33.3 -14.1 ↓
Whiff% 30.8 39.5 8.7 ↑ 35.4 -4.1 ↓ 33.8 -1.6 ↓ 23.3 -10.5 ↓ 41.7 18.4 ↑ 29.2 -12.5 ↓ 24.4 -4.8 ↓ 21.6 -2.8 ↓ 25.0 3.4 ↑
In Zone % 52.1 44.5 -7.6 ↓ 46.0 1.5 ↑ 46.3 0.3 ↑ 50.0 3.7 ↑ 50.0 0.0 45.0 -5.0 ↓ 48.4 3.4 ↑ 45.3 -3.1 ↓ 16.7 -28.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.9 55.5 7.6 ↑ 54.0 -1.5 ↓ 53.7 -0.3 ↓ 50.0 -3.7 ↓ 50.0 0.0 55.0 5.0 ↑ 51.6 -3.4 ↓ 54.7 3.1 ↑ 83.3 28.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 32.1 5.6 ↑ 31.1 -1.0 ↓ 28.5 -2.6 ↓ 27.2 -1.3 ↓ 28.6 1.4 ↑ 19.7 -8.9 ↓ 30.2 10.5 ↑ 30.1 -0.1 ↓ 20.0 -10.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 25.4 -0.9 ↓ 27.7 2.3 ↑ 31.2 3.5 ↑ 33.3 2.1 ↑ 11.8 -21.5 ↓ 26.7 14.9 ↑ 28.9 2.2 ↑ 30.7 1.8 ↑ 33.3 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.2 56.5 -6.7 ↓ 57.7 1.2 ↑ 60.6 2.9 ↑ 51.3 -9.3 ↓ 41.2 -10.1 ↓ 40.0 -1.2 ↓ 61.3 21.3 ↑ 61.4 0.1 ↑ 33.3 -28.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 133 .204 83 2 2.4 50 4 8.0
2017 Shifts 260 .238 134 0 0.0 126 6 4.8
2018 Shifts 221 .268 129 0 0.0 92 13 14.1
2019 Shifts 78 .304 50 0 0.0 28 5 17.9
2020 Shifts 17 .206 13 2 15.4 4 4 100.0
2021 Shifts 30 .516 20 1 5.0 10 4 40.0
2022 Shifts 256 .291 135 8 5.9 121 70 57.9
2023 Shades 139 .311 71 1 1.4 68 2 2.9
2024 Shades 3 .753 2 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 28 15.9 46.4% 0.0% 8 18.3 25.0% 0.0%
2016 181 17.8 30.9% 2.8% 101 23.7 3.0% 16.8%
2017 304 18.7 11.2% 3.0% 199 24.1 0.0% 15.1%
2018 252 20.2 2.8% 4.4% 164 24.0 0.0% 12.8%
2019 87 21.5 1.1% 4.6% 57 22.8 0.0% 5.3%
2020 21 19.2 9.5% 0.0% 7 24.3 0.0% 14.3%
2021 29 20.8 3.4% 10.3% 27 24.4 0.0% 3.7%
2022 241 19.2 3.7% 3.7% 210 25.4 0.0% 18.1%
2023 113 14.3 60.2% 0.0% 144 19.3 0.0% 0.0%
2024 0 -- -- -- 4 18.6 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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