Xavier Edwards

Bats B Throws R5'10" 175 lbBorn 1999 Mineola, USADebut 2023Team MIADraft 2018 RCB-A #38 San Diego Padres, North Broward Prep HSContract 1 y/$804,000 (26) 2026: $804,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 97.7FIELD+ 97.6 at 2BTotal 1.51 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	499	446	126	20	3	3	42	67	23	0.283	0.345	0.364	0.709	0.081	0.316	13.5	8.5	95.5	1.28
2027	530	469	130	20	4	4	50	71	20	0.277	0.346	0.360	0.706	0.084	0.314	13.5	9.5	94.8	1.32

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 86 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Bump Wills	1978	101.5	89.8	617
2	Jim Gilliam	1954	102.8	84.0	627
3	Steve Ontiveros	1977	105.4	71.5	316
4	Danny Espinosa	2012	98.3	15.0	167
5	Chase Headley	2009	107.1	98.9	674
6	D'Angelo Jimenez	2003	98.0	103.7	652
7	Jose Vidro	2000	105.0	121.8	531
8	Neil Walker	2011	109.7	115.9	530
9	Jonathan Villar	2016	102.8	70.8	436
10	Tony Bernazard	1982	108.2	93.6	606

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			530		130	20	4	4		20	50	71	0.277	0.346	0.360	0.706	94.8
2026*	MIA	128	537	59	134	16	6	6		19	62	72	0.288	0.367	0.386	0.753	107.8
2025	MIA	139	619	75	159	20	5	3	43	27	49	88	0.283	0.343	0.353	0.695	94.8
2024	MIA	70	303	39	87	12	5	1	26	31	33	52	0.328	0.397	0.423	0.820	128.2
2023	MIA	30	84	12	23	3	0	0	3	5	3	14	0.295	0.329	0.333	0.663	81.0
Career		239	1006	126	269	35	10	4	72	63	85	154	0.298	0.358	0.372	0.730	103.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	537	87.0	10.4	3.5	29.0	16.5	24.0	0.264	0.366	0.317	28.3
2025	619	86.8	8.2	0.8	29.4	12.2	26.9	0.262	0.332	0.295	28.3
2024	303	86.1	6.7	1.8	24.3	16.9	24.8	0.252	0.328	0.300	28.4
2023	84	82.2	10.7	1.5	13.6	20.5	29.9	0.248	0.316	0.269	28.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIA	2B	96	814	108	248	4	39	0.989	+5.8
2025	MIA	SS	41	360	51	92	6	24	0.960	-4.2
2024	MIA	SS	69	590	88	148	7	32	0.971	-10.2
2024	MIA	2B	1	9	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2023	MIA	2B	24	159	24	35	0	12	1.000	-6.1
2023	MIA	OF	4	21	1	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	119	1 HR, 5 SB	0.330	0.826
2023	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	433	7 HR, 32 SB	0.351	0.886
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	400	5 HR, 7 SB	0.246	0.678
2021	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	337	0 HR, 19 SB	0.302	0.745
2019	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	217	0 HR, 14 SB	0.301	0.716
2019	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Bat	344	1 HR, 20 SB	0.336	0.806
2018	Rk	AZL Padres 1	Bat	88	0 HR, 12 SB	0.384	0.937

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.330	0.344	0.341	0.341
2025	0.268	0.338	0.326	0.306
2024	0.339	0.385	0.305	0.449
2023	0.278	0.325	0.364	0.286

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Career	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000