Mitchell Edwards

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Mitchell James Edwards
sometimes listed as Mitchell Warke-Edwards

  • Bats Both, Throws Right
  • Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Mitchell Edwards has played in the minors and for the Australian national team.

Edwards represented Australia in the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, hitting .250/.286/.250 as their main DH and backup catcher. [1] He was 0-for-2 with the Canberra Cavalry in 2016-2017, and he hit .293/.346/.373 for the Sydney Blue Sox in 2017-2018. The Philadelphia Phillies then signed him (the scout was Howard Norsetter) [2], and he played 18 games with a .250/.308/.417 batting line for the GCL Phillies East in 2018.

He played 38 games with a solid .321/.381/.443 batting line for the Adelaide Bite in 2018-2019. He was named the ABL All-Star catcher. He was 3-for-6 for the GCL Phillies West in 2019, and he went 7-for-13 with the GCL East. Edwards also recorded a .158/.238/.175 in 17 games for the Williamsport Crosscutters in '18, and his batting line was .214/.275/.262 in 2019-2020. The minor leagues were shut down due to the coronavirus in 2020.

The Melbourne native struggled again in his hometown, and his batting line was .185/.214/.296 in 2020-2021. He was 11-for-35 with the FCL Phillies in 2021, then he was released. Edwards moved to the Canberra Cavalry in 2021-2022, and he improved to .237/.291/.373 in 35 games. He then represented Australia in the 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup, batting .294/.333/.353. [3] Edwards was 1-for-11 in Canberra in 2023-2024, and he also recorded a .273/.347/.349 batting line for the Melbourne Aces.

Edwards represented Australia in the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, and he was 1-for-4 with a single against Seung-yong Choi of South Korea as the starting designated hitter in their opener. He was then 1-for-3 with a single against Ke-Yi Chen of Chinese Taipei, and he didn't appear in the game versus Japan. In the Bronze Medal Game, Edwards went 1-for-4 with an infield single against Po-Ching Chen, but Chinese Taipei beat them thanks to Tien-Hsin Kuo's walk-off hit.[4]

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