Xavier Edwards #9

Full name is Xavier James Edwards...Born on Long Island, N.Y...Moved to South Florida when he was younger...Originally selected by San Diego in the first round (CB-A) in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of North Broward Prep School in Coconut Creek, Fla...Held the fifth annual “XE9” Camp this past Dec. at his old school, where his main goal is to give back to the community and help young athletes develop their baseball skills...Considers his two hidden talents his skill in the video game “Apex Legends” and popular outdoor game of pickleball.

2023

Played in 30 games with the Marlins across three stints during his first year in the Majors, batting .295 (23x78) with three doubles, three RBI and a .329 OBP...Appeared in 24 games at second base and four games in center field, combining for a 1.000 fielding pct. at the Major League level...In the Minors, split time between second base (three errors in 386.2 innings), third base (zero errors in 104.0 innings), shortstop (one error in 34.0 innings) and center field (0 errors in 249.0 innings)...Recorded back-to-back games with multiple hits and multiple stolen bases on Sept. 24 vs. MIL and Sept. 27 at NYM, joining Dee Strange-Gordon in 2016 and Luis Castillo in 2001 as the only players in club history to do so...Went 5x8 with four stolen bases in this span...Earned his final call-up when rosters expanded to 28 players in September, hitting .264 with eight runs scored, two doubles and one RBI in 20 games played through the end of the season...Made his postseason debut as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning on Oct. 4 at PHI (NLWCS Game 2) and recorded a hit in his only at-bat and scored a run...Was optioned back to Triple-A on May 7, where he hit .348 in six games before being recalled again on May 16...Slashed .467/.467/.533 with a 1.000 OPS in six games before being optioned on May 30...Started the season with Triple-A Jacksonville before being recalled on May 2, making his MLB debut that night with a pinch-hit at-bat in the 9th inning...Recorded his first career hit on May 3 vs. ATL with a single in the seventh inning off Dylan Lee...In 93 games at Triple-A Jacksonville during his first season in the organization, led the International League with his .351 AVG and collected 130 hits, including 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 47 RBI with 52 walks and 30 strikeouts...His .351 AVG marked the best in Jacksonville’s Triple-A/Double-A Minor League history (min. 378 plate appearances, 1962-present) and his .429 OBP ranked second...Was named the 2023 Triple-A Jacksonville Most Valuable Player...Stole 32 bases in 36 attempts at Triple-A (88%)...Set professional career highs with his .351 AVG and .886 OPS, with his 130 hits ranking second...Ranked second in AVG among all minor league full-season leagues...Recorded a career-high six hits on Aug. 5 at Memphis with five singles and one home run, going 6x6 in the first six-hit game by any Marlins Minor League player since Carlos Lopez on May 24, 2014, with Low-A Greensboro...His six-hit effort also marked the most hits by any Jacksonville hitter since at least 2005 and was one of four six-hit games in Triple-A during the 2023 season.

2022

Xavier Edwards was acquired by Miami from the Tampa Bay Rays alongside RHP JT Chargois on Nov. 15, 2022. Enters as Miami’s No. 16 prospect by MLBPipeline. Was ranked No. 4 overall in the Rays’ system. Is the No. 10 2B prospect in the league...Played in 93 games for the Triple-A Durham Bulls in 2022, slashing .246/.328/.350 with five home runs, 19 doubles, 33 RBI and 48 runs scored...His five home runs marked the first home run hit by Edwards since June 27, 2019...Made 49 starts at second base (.978 fielding pct.), 19 at third base (.981 fielding pct.) and 20 at shortstop (.972 fielding pct.)...Has accrued the most innings in the Minors at second base (1683.0), then shortstop (695.1) and then third base (346.2).

2021

Hit .302 in his first season at Double-A, and his first season in the Rays organization after being acquired via trade from the Padres in December of 2019...Played in 81 games for Double-A Montgomery, with 13 doubles, three triples and 27 RBI, with 36 walks and 42 strikeouts...Recorded 19 stolen bases...Was caught 11 times...Made the American League Futures Game roster.

2020

Added to the Rays 60-man player pool on Aug. 14 and spent the summer at the alternate training site in Port Charlotte…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 8 prospect in the Rays system following the season.

2019

Hit .322/.375/.396 (162-for-503) with 18 2B, 8 3B, 1 HR, 43 RBI and 34 SB in 123 games between Class-A Fort Wayne and Class-A Lake Elsinore… led Padres minor leaguers in hits and tied for 2nd in steals…struck out 54 times in 561 PA, and his swing-and-miss rate was the lowest among all teenagers in the minors…named to the Midwest League midseason and postseason All-Star teams…named to the Padres Organizational All-Star Team by MLB. com…acquired by the Rays on Dec. 6 in the trade involving Hunter Renfroe and Tommy Pham… ranked by Baseball America as the No. 85 overall prospect in the minors following the season…was the No. 8 prospect in the Rays system…the publication also tabbed him as the Best Defensive Second Baseman in the MWL in its Best Tools survey. 

2018

In his first professional season, hit .346/.453/ .409 (55-for-159) with 22 SB in 45 games between the Rookie-level AZL Padres and Short-A Tri-City…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 21 prospect in the Padres system following the season.