Xavier Edwards
2026
Grade
His season is in line with his established level.
Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
A disciplined contact hitter
Xavier Edwards rarely strikes out. He strikes out less often than 93% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though. Only 9% of qualified hitters hit the ball hard less often.
595 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these hitters shares his archetype and sits closest to him in EB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Xavier Edwards.
Hitter type
Hitter type
He controls the strike zone far better than most, and he hits the ball hard far less often than most.
League best:BB% − K% Josue De Paula (14.3%)Hard-hit% Yohandy Morales (62.5%)
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| Xavier Edwards | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(higher = better) | .388 | .511 | — |
| Walk rate(higher = better) | 11% | 8% | 84th |
| Strikeout rate(lower = better) | 14% | 23% | 93rd |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA)
He hits righties better than lefties, by 0.011 EB/PA.
50% probable range: -0.011 to +0.032
That interval crosses zero, so the simulator can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.382 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.361 to 0.404, based on 146 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.422 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.394 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.378 to 0.409, based on 449 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.397 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.433 EB/PA.
His split is narrower than the typical switch hitter's (median 0.023). He sits below the league median against both hands.
He sits in the league's bottom quarter vs both lefties and righties.
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- Each dot is his estimate against that hand, with its 50% probable range as the bar. Higher is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of hitters with 50 or more plate appearances.
- Xavier Edwards switch-hits, so he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance. A small gap is expected.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHP and RHP are left- and right-handed pitchers. More on the About page
How he hits
He hits the ball up the middle most often, but does his most damage to the pull side.
Best batted balls
Luck check
18 of his hits had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Performance by pitch type
Each row shows the bases he adds per 100 pitches of one type, against the league.
−1.6 bases per 100 · no single-type league comparison
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Deserved vs. actual
Xavier Edwards has been credited with about 20 more bases than his contact earned. His results have run lucky so far.
Both bars count only his 443 balls in play, so walks and strikeouts are left out.
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Swing
Swing at a glance
Batting left
He swings slower than most hitters. His swing is shorter than most hitters', with a flatter attack angle than most. With two strikes, he cuts his bat speed about as much as most hitters. Batting left, his bat travels on a fairly typical path. Batting right, it travels on a flatter path than most.
- Attack angle
- 5.1°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.4 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 30.1°
- Lg median 32.4°
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- Bat speed counts competitive swings only, so bunts and check swings under 50 mph are left out.
- Swing length is how far the sweet spot of the bat travels during the swing. Attack angle is the bat’s upward or downward tilt through the zone.
- Swing path tilt is how steep the bat’s path is.
- None of these is better or worse on its own. Swing style trades power against contact, and the fastest and slowest swings in the league both belong to stars. More on the About page
His two swings
- Bat speed
- 67.6 mph batting left
- 67.6 mph batting right
- Lg median 71.1 mph
Batting left
- Attack angle
- 6.2°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.4 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 30.1°
- Lg median 32.4°
Batting right
- Attack angle
- 1.7°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.6 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 27.9°
- Lg median 31.4°
About 72% of switch hitters swing faster right-handed, among the 36 with enough swings from both sides to tell. His left-handed swing has a 4.4° steeper attack angle.
How to read this chart
- Both sides need at least 100 competitive swings for this card. Below that, the difference between them is mostly measurement noise.
- Swing path tilt is compared with the league median for that batting side. Bat speed, swing length and attack angle are compared with the league median for all hitters.
- The card only names a difference when it is more than three times its own margin of error and big enough to matter. For a few switch hitters nothing clears that bar, and the card cannot tell the two sides apart.
Timing
Timing at a glance
He squares the ball up more often than most hitters. When his timing is off, it's usually early, about 12 ms ahead of perfect timing. When he misses vertically, it's more often under the ball than over it. More of his mishits come from reaching at pitches away from him than from getting tied up inside.
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- Perfect contact is a swing that is centered, on time and lined up, all at once. On-time swings land within 7 milliseconds of ideal timing. Higher is better on both.
- Miss distance counts swings and misses only. It is how far the barrel half of the bat passed from the ball, in inches, and lower is better.
- League comparisons cover hitters with 100 or more tracked swings this season. Switch hitters have both sides combined.
- More on the About page
How he sets up
How he sets up
He crowds the plate at 24″, closer than 90% of hitters (league average 27″).
Each point is his average setup for one month this season, about a second before each pitch.
He bats both ways, and his right-handed setup is 5.2″ farther up in the box.
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- This is an overhead view of the batter’s box. The dots are his feet about one second before the pitch, and the rings are the league-average setup.
- Open means his front foot is pulled off the line to the plate, and closed means it steps toward it. Neither is better or worse.
- The chart is his monthly average this season. The band and dashed line are the middle half and the median of hitters over the whole season.
- On the angle chart, below zero is open and above zero is closed.
- Data through 2026-09-27. More on the About page
Best games
Best games
These are his best games this season, ranked by bases above replacement.
- vs PhilliesMay 2, 2026score only
2-4 · HR
- Bases created
- 5.0
- Above replacement
- +3.6
- vs Blue JaysMay 27, 2026score only
3-3 · 2B, BB
- Bases created
- 4.7
- Above replacement
- +3.3
- vs NationalsMay 8, 2026score only
1-3 · HR, BB
- Bases created
- 4.6
- Above replacement
- +3.2
- vs YankeesApr 3, 2026score only
2-4 · HR
- Bases created
- 4.2
- Above replacement
- +2.8
- vs BravesMay 19, 2026score only
1-5 · HR
- Bases created
- 4.4
- Above replacement
- +2.7
Trends
Multi-season trends · Xavier Edwards
Compared with last season, his HR% is up, his BB% is up, his Barrel% is up and his FB% is down.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.