The Padres announced that they’ve placed right-handed reliever Carl Edwards Jr. on the injured list with a strained pitching shoulder. The club recalled lefty Robbie Erlin from Triple-A El Paso to take Edwards’ place.
San Diego just acquired Edwards from the Cubs at last month’s trade deadline. The Cubs deemed the once-outstanding Edwards expendable after a few disappointing months, and things haven’t improved since he changed uniforms. Edwards has given up six earned runs on four hits and four walks (with two strikeouts) in two appearances and 1 2/3 innings as a Padre.
Overall, the 27-year-old Edwards has pitched to an 8.47 ERA (5.75 FIP) with 10.06 K/9, 6.88 BB/9 and a paltry 24.4 percent groundball rate in 17 major league innings this season. A drop in velocity – his fastball’s down to 93.9 mph after clocking in from 94.5 to 95.2 between 2016-18 – hasn’t helped matters. That has helped contribute to a serious dip in swinging-strike rate for Edwards, who generated misses 15.4 percent of the time over the prior three seasons but has seen the number sink to 10.7 this year.
Along with his troubles preventing runs with two teams in 2019, Edwards has dealt with a minor league demotion and now a pair of IL stints. The Cubs put him on ice in mid-June with a left thoracic strain. In all, this has been a surprisingly awful season for a pitcher who came into the year with a lifetime 3.06 ERA/3.12 FIP, 12.28 K/9 against 4.92 BB/9, and a 40.4 percent groundball rate in 159 innings.
I missed that the Padres acquired this guy.
On this episode of “Where Are They Now? Cubs Edition”…
im still keep thinking it was Underwood Jr and not Edwards Jr that was traded. Edwards Jr in a Padres uni throws me off.
When was the one time he was outstanding?
2016
Plus 2017 and 2018
He got the 58th and 59th out of game 7 in 2016.
You couldn’t look it up?
Or read the article, apparently. They listed his pre-2019 stats pretty clearly…
Didn’t he have to change his mechanics because something about his windup was illegal? Wonder if that caused all of this ineffectiveness and injury?
He only started experimenting with the “illegal” delivery in Spring Training this year. He was fine the last three years, so I don’t really understand why he chose to experiment.
Probably trying to reduce walks. Those have always been a problem for him
How about if he puts up a scoreless inning fans get a free famous star with the purchase of a large drink
Huh!!?? What!!??
Did I have to be there?
It’s a play on his name and the fast food restaurant of the same name (Carls Jr.)
Another Preller special
Can’t understand trading a rookie with a little potential for a vet that has proven he stinks.
He’s hardly a rookie, this is his fifth year in the majors, came up in 2014. The Cubs sent him down once this year already and he came back the same way. The second time apparently didn’t do much to improve since he came up to the Padres and was just as bad.
He’s the vet that stinks
ah, stand corrected.
Only a matter of time before he winds up in Pittsburgh.
I live in a world where the Padres didn’t trade for him. It’s awesome.
Is anyone here actually upset about losing Brad Wieck?
No Padre fan should be.
No, he may not be the last to leave
Do the Padres know that it’s within the rules to acquire pitchers that are not injured or projects? It’s not like a dog rescue situation. You’re allowed to just acquire pitchers that will help your team. Maybe someone should reach out to them.
Yeah, buying when someones injured always works out doesn’t it?
What’s the fun in that? Last year they bet on Tyson Ross being the Padre and not the Ranger pitcher and moved him at the deadline for….nothing. This year they paid Garrett Richards handsomely to sit at home in the hope that he returns to the pitcher of before who can deliver 140 quality innings. If they didn’t do stupid things, they wouldn’t be the Padres. Heck, we paid Mark Prior for 2 years for 0 IP and Andy Ashby for 2 years for 2 IP on the hope that they’d “return to form.” It’s apparently in our DNA.
Machado, Myers, Hosmer for 520 mil only to be 9 games under .500 stupid moves never end from Preller
The Cubs owe us for sending us damaged goods
Preller is Coffee Cake from Bronx Tale. Whatever he does turns to mush