Jordan Edmonds

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Jordan Edmonds

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Biographical Information[edit]

Jordan Edmonds has played for the Great Britain national team.

Edmonds was a member of British youth and junior national teams from 2008-2012. He made his debut in Britain's top league in 2011, when he turned 16; he hit .277/.372/.308 for the Bracknell Blazers that year and had a 2-3, 14.29 record with 45 walks and 33 strikeouts in 28 1/3 IP. In 2012, he had a 1.08 ERA in 8 1/3 IP and was 1 for 6 with a walk at the plate. He attended the MLB European Academy in 2012-2013. In 2013, he hit .403/.471/.548 with 19 runs for Bracknell and was 5-2 with a 5.12 ERA and 73 whiffs in 58 IP. He was second in the league in strikeouts (9 behind Kevin Carr) and tied for 4th in wins. He debuted for Britain in a senior-level tournament with the 2013 B-Level European Championship, going 5 1/3 IP in a win over Bulgaria (2 H, 6 BB, 2 R, 3 K) before David Rees relieved.

A baseball and basketball player in high school, Edmonds hit .313 as a college freshman and .293/.400/.439 as a sophomore, when he also had two saves and a 2.40 ERA as a reliever. In 2014, he hkt .476/.532/.690 for the Blazers but fell to 2-1, 6.11 on the mound. He made the top five in average and slugging in the high-scoring loop. During 2015, he hit .350/.481/.550 for Bracknell and was 2-2 with a 2.87 ERA. In 2016, he moved to the Southampton Mustangs and was 1-0 with a 4.85 ERA (14 BB, 15 K in 13 IP) while batting .310/.400/.500 with 17 RBI in 42 at-bats.

He was 3 for 12 with a walk, double and two RBI as a part-time outfielder for Britain in the 2016 European Championship, slitting time with Spencer Kreisberg in the outfield primarily. He was one of the few players on Britain's team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers who were born in Britain, let alone came up through their youth system (Richard Klijn was the only other position player born in England as the team had lots of players from the Bahamas and a few from the US, Australia, Cuba and the British Virgin Islands). He got into one game, replacing Todd Isaacs in RF after Isaacs left for a pinch-hitter, in the 7th inning of a 14-0 mercy rule win over Pakistan. He did not handle a chance in the field and did not get to bat due to the mercy rule ending.

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