Josh Edgin

Joshua Wayne Edgin (born December 17, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut with the New York Mets in 2012 and last appeared in MLB in 2017. Before he began his professional career, he played college baseball at Ohio State University and Francis Marion University.

Amateur career Edgin attended high school at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. There, he won the state championship in wrestling as a junior, finishing fourth in national competition.

The Atlanta Braves drafted him in the 50th round of the 2009 MLB draft, 1,498th overall. However, the Braves did not sign him, as they had no minor league team to assign Edgin. Edgin split the 2010 season between the Kingsport Mets of the rookie-level Appalachian League and the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Single-A South Atlantic League, appearing in 18 games for Kingsport and two for Savannah; he posted an earned run average (ERA) of 2.84 and a record of 0–1 in 32 innings with Kingsport, striking out 41 and walking 12, With Savannah, he appeared in 24 games with a record of 1–0 and an ERA of 0.87 over 31 innings of work, To start the season, they assigned him to the Binghamton Mets of the Double-A Eastern League, where he served as the team's closer. After he made six appearances with Binghamton in which he posted an ERA of 1.42 in 6 innings with five strikeouts and two walks, He appeared in 35 games for Buffalo, with a record of 3–2, an ERA of 3.89, and 40 strikeouts and 18 walks in 37 innings of work.

On September 20, 2012, the Mets announced that they would shut down Edgin after one more relief appearance due to his workload over the season. He finished the 2012 season with a 1–2 record in 34 appearances for the Mets, with a 4.56 ERA in 25 innings pitched, 30 strikeouts, and a walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) of 1.130 while giving up 19 hits, 14 runs (13 of them earned), five home runs, and 10 walks. Deciding that Edgin needed some time in the minor leagues to work on his pitching, and not wanting to send him to their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s of the Pacific Coast League, because of struggles the Las Vegas pitching staff was having, the Mets demoted Edgin on April 27 to the Binghamton Mets to make room for Shaun Marcum on their roster. On May 14, the Mets promoted him to play with the 51s. He returned to the Mets on June 9 with Collin Cowgill and Josh Satin as they replaced Ike Davis, Robert Carson, and Mike Baxter on the Mets′ roster. On August 2, 2013, the Mets placed Edgin on the disabled list for an expected four to six weeks after he suffered a stress fracture in a rib. replacing him on the active roster with Pedro Feliciano. On September 24, the Mets reinstated Jordany Valdespin following his 50-game suspension for his involvement in the Biogenesis clinic scandal and transferred Edgin to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Valdespin on the active roster. On October 31, Edgin was among seven players reactivated off of the disabled list. Edgin finished the 2012 season with 1–1 record in 34 appearances for the Mets and a 3.77 ERA in innings pitched with one save, 20 strikeouts, and a WHIP of 1.326 while giving up 26 hits, 12 runs, two home runs, and 12 walks. On September 1, however, Edgin was diagnosed with bone spurs. A day later he received cortisone shots in his elbow. He finished the season with the Mets, making 47 appearances for them, with a 1–0 record, a 1.32 ERA in innings pitched, 28 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.915 while giving up 19 hits, six runs (four earned), two home runs, and six walks. On April 6, the Mets officially placed him on the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for César Puello, who they placed on the 15-day disabled list. The Mets activated Edgin from the 60-day disabled list on November 3, They optioned back to Las Vegas on August, then called him up again on September 6. He finished the season with 16 MLB appearances in which he had a 5.23 ERA over innings with 11 strikeouts and six walks and a 1–0 record. He also appeared in 37 games for Las Vegas during 2016, posting an ERA of 3.24 in 33 innings of work with 38 strikeouts and 20 walks and a record of 2–2. The Mets designated him for assignment on July 30, then outrighted him to Las Vegas on August 2, and Las Vegas placed him on the seven-day disabled list on August 12. Overall, Edgin pitched in three games for Las Vegas, with a record of 0–1, an ERA of 2.70, two strikeouts, and three walks in 3 innings pitched, and in 46 games for New York, with a record of 0–1, an ERA of 3.65, 27 strikeouts, and 18 walks in 37 innings of work.