Jon Edwards (baseball)

Jonathan Benjamin Edwards (born January 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Edwards was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of Keller High School in Keller, Texas, as an outfielder. He played in the Cardinals organization until 2010, without appearing in an MLB game.^[1] He spent the 2011 season playing independent baseball for the San Angelo Colts and Alpine Cowboys. He signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers in 2012 and converted to a pitcher.^[2]

Edwards was called up to the majors for the first time on August 15, 2014.^[3] In August 2015 he was traded from the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Will Venable.^[4]

References

↑ Lee Enterprises. "Hearne, Edwards among 14 minor-leaguers released by Cardinals". stltoday.com. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
↑ "Keller grad hasn’t given up on big-league dream". star-telegram. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
↑ "Rangers Purchase Contract of RHP Jon Edwards". Texas Rangers. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
↑ Lin, Dennis (August 20, 2015). "RHP Edwards the PTBNL in Venable trade Converted pitcher could be middle-relief option". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 39 (help)

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Jon Edwards on Twitter

San Diego Padres current roster

Active roster	1 Alex Dickerson 2 Melvin Upton, Jr. 3 Derek Norris 4 Wil Myers 5 Alexi Amarista 10 Alexei Ramirez 13 Drew Pomeranz 15 Cory Spangenberg 16 Travis Jankowski 18 Austin Hedges 24 Jon Jay 26 Yangervis Solarte 27 Matt Kemp 29 Colin Rea 33 James Shields 34 Andrew Cashner 37 Brandon Maurer 38 Tyson Ross 39 Brett Wallace 41 Robbie Erlin 43 Jon Edwards 43 Cory Mazzoni 50 Nick Vincent 56 Fernando Rodney 57 Leonel Campos 59 Kevin Quackenbush 65 Tayron Guerrero -- Buddy Baumann -- Christian Bethancourt -- Jabari Blash -- Ryan Buchter -- Manuel Margot -- Josh Martin -- Luis Perdomo -- José Pirela -- José Rondón -- Blake Smith -- José Torres -- César Vargas -- Carlos Villanueva

Coaching staff	Manager 14 Andy Green Bench 25 Mark McGwire First base 20 Tarrik Brock Third base 30 Glenn Hoffman Hitting 22 Alan Zinter Pitching 36 Darren Balsley Bullpen 45 Doug Bochtler Coach 7 Eddie Rodríguez Bullpen catcher 80 Justin Hatcher Bullpen catcher 81 Griffin Benedict

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