87% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Xavier Edwards is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 7th in triples at 6 — placements on MLB's own season boards, which rank every QUALIFIED hitter in the sport rather than the few dozen this site tracks. Qualified is MLB's own bar, and it is the reason a part-season player with a big number is not on these boards at all.
This has been his headline for 34 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 6 7th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .282 .737 OPS, 6 home runs, 51 RBI and 20 stolen bases over 137 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool
The honest caveat
A top-ten finish is a position on a board, not a verdict on a player. The men just below him on it are not meaningfully worse, and one good week moves several places.
What to watch next
Next up: vs Los Angeles Dodgers.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 7th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .737 OPS, 6 home runs, 51 RBI and 20 stolen bases over 137 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool
The evidence
What to watch next
vs Los Angeles Dodgers
loanDepot park · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Tyler Glasnow
Xavier Edwards faces a right-hander in Tyler Glasnow. He is hitting .293 with 2 home runs in 375 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 375 | .293 | 2 | 39 | .748 |
| vs LHP | 125 | .248 | 4 | 12 | .702 |
| Home | 254 | .283 | 5 | 27 | .744 |
| Away | 246 | .280 | 1 | 24 | .729 |
| Day | 214 | .252 | 4 | 24 | .658 |
| Night | 286 | .304 | 2 | 27 | .795 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
137G
500AB
141H
.282AVG
6HR
51RBI
20SB
172B
63B
.737OPS
Chasing .400
.282Current AVG
99Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
99-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.660Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (78-for-47)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .282 | .282 | 1.085 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .282 | .282 | 1.426 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .282 | .282 | 1.660 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .282 | .282 | 1.745 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .282 | .282 | 2.426 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 6 | 7 | 44 in 14 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 6 | 7 | 54 in 14 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 6 | 7 | 56 in 14 g · 1 per 0.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 6 | 7 | 64 in 14 g · 1 per 0.7 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 6 | 7 | 67 in 14 g · 1 per 0.7 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 141 | 154 | 59 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 141 | 154 | 84 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 141 | 154 | 109 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 141 | 154 | 121 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 20 | 22 | 30 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 20 | 22 | 60 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 20 | 22 | 80 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 20 | 22 | 110 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 17 | 19 | 33 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 17 | 19 | 43 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 17 | 19 | 50 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 6 | 7 | 14 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 6 | 7 | 30 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 51 | 56 | 74 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 51 | 56 | 99 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 51 | 56 | 124 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 51 | 56 | 140 in 14 g | EXTREME |
Recent game log
Derived nightly from the snapshot ledger — each row is the difference between consecutive days; multi-day rows are labeled.
| Date | Opp | Result | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-30 | Washington Nationals | W 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| 2026-08-29 | Washington Nationals | L 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .283 |
| 2026-08-28 | Washington Nationals | L 2-9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| 2026-08-26 | Boston Red Sox | W 4-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| 2026-08-25 | Boston Red Sox | L 3-7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| 2026-08-24 | Boston Red Sox | L 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| 2026-08-23 | Washington Nationals | W 6-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| 2026-08-22 | Washington Nationals | W 4-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| 2026-08-21 | Washington Nationals | W 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| 2026-08-19 | Philadelphia Phillies | L 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
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