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This story was excerpted from Christina De Nicola's Marlins Beat newsletter. To check out the full e-newsletter, click on this link. And sign up for get it regularly in your because the Marlins are striving for their first full-season playoff berth because 2003 does not imply they cant watch towards the being recalled on Sept. 1, Miami No. 4 possibility Xavier Edwards had been getting early job in at shortstop. That has continued a daily basis considering that rejoining the big league club, but come first pitch, he has begun 7 of the club last 9 games at second not going to see it this year, however I believe it great for him and good for us to know if he can do it for following year and for his occupation, supervisor Skip Schumaker said of Edwards at brief. If you can play shortstop, youll be here for ten years. That the reality of it. You see individuals around the league that maintain locating jobs since they can play was with the Padres organization when they picked Edwards a shortstop at North Broward Preparation in Coconut Creek, Fla. with the 38th overall choice in the 2018 MLB Draft. During Edwards initially specialist period, he primarily played his all-natural position. Edwards after that split time at short and keystone in between the Single-A and High-A levels in 19. Once he was dealt to the Rays, he mainly played 2nd and 3rd, which has actually held true since. Facility area has been sprinkled in this period with 24-year-old Edwards practices for 15-20 mins everyday with infield coach Jody Reed prior to the Marlins take batting technique or ground balls. If Edwards is beginning that day, theyll go a bit lighter on the extra job. It has actually been a wonderful refresher for Edwards, who loves playing shortstop. He will certainly lug those tips into the offseason, when he gets ready for Springtime the hardest setting on the dirt, so just obtain made use of to assaulting the sphere once again, because it really very easy at 2nd to relax on the sphere, due to the fact that everything around simply protecting it, Edwards stated. The person ought to be out the majority of the time otherwise all the time as soon as you protect the round. It a bit various at brief. You need to obtain the jump you want, you have to attack the sphere, and you angle relax as much. Simply kind of getting back to that state of mind of just being able to play to MLB Pipe looking report, Edwards quickness permits him to make strides in the infield, yet his fringy arm strength restricts his effectiveness at shortstop and much more trustworthy than showy at second, the placement at which he has the finest opportunity to come to be a big organization normal. Schumaker believes Edwards can playing shortstop, indicating previous Cardinals teammate David Eckstein as a prime instance. What he mightve lacked in arm toughness, he made up for in footwork and an internal Marlins bottles videotape a lot of strikeouts, they also induce lots of grounders, magnifying the relevance of infield protection. Joey Wendle will certainly be a freelance following the period, and Garrett Hampson and Jon Berti are better served in energy Chisholm Jr. showed up as a shortstop, however his protective metrics are better at 2nd base Marlins Shorts. No. 6 possibility Jacob Amaya goes to Triple-A Jacksonville and made a brief four-game launching in June, and No. 18 prospect Nasim Nuez, that was called SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game MVP, is a glove-first shortstop at Double-A believe he athletic adequate to do it, Schumaker claimed of Edwards. Currently, just attempting to determine if he can do it. During this factor of the season, were trying to win this year. Don't get me incorrect like the goal is to reach the playoffs yet additionally in the future, what does our group look like heading into following year?Are there specific men on our team that are everyday gamers that we can construct about? Are there platoon men? Are there men that are going to fill out? Are they returning following year? That do we want back? So there a great deal of thought behind that were exercising and where were working them out at, and X is among them, and seeing what he can supply at brief, due to the fact that we know he can strike, and we know he can run. So let see what he can do there.