Brian Edmondson

Brian Edmondson is a 6'2", 165 lb. former right-handed pitcher from Fontana, California. Born on January 29, 1973, he was a third-round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 1991 amateur draft. Soon after that, the rookie-level Bristol Tigers would welcome him to the Appalachian League and see him go 4-4 over 12 starts, with a 4.57 ERA. He was promoted to the single-A Fayetteville Generals in the South Atlantic League the following season. He would go 10-6 with a 3.37 ERA, starting in 27 of his 28 appearances and racking up a 1.37 WHIP. In 1993, Edmondson joined the Lakeland Tigers in the high-A Florida State League, and went 8-5, 2.99 over 19 starts with a 1.38 WHIP. He moved up to the double-A level London Tigers near the end of the season in the Eastern league, where he had less success, going 0-4 over five starts with a 6.26 ERA and a 1.87 WHIP. In 1994, Edmondson joined the Trenton Tigers, Detroit's new Eastern League affiliate. He spent the whole season there, and went 11-9 in 26 starts. He posted a 4.56 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP, striking out 90 in 162 innings. Just prior to the 1995 minor league campaign, the New York Mets selected him off waivers from the Tigers. Edmondson spent two and a half seasons with the Binghampton Mets in the Eastern League, appearing in 76 games and making 35 starts. He posted a 15-17 record in that time, and averaged 4.25 earned runs per nine innings. Near the end of May in 1997, he finally made the jump to triple-A, joining the Norfolk Tides in the International League, making starts in four of his 31 appearances and going 4-3 with a 2.90 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP with 65 strikeouts in 68.2 innings pitched. After the season, the Atlanta Braves claimed him from the Mets in the Rule 5 draft. The Rule 5 draft necessitates that any player selected must remain on the major league roster for the entire season or else be subject to getting reclaimed by the original club. Edmonson began the campaign on Atlanta's opening day roster, and made 10 appe