His former teammates can tell you stories, like the one Brad Thompson shares about a pitch he was giving away until Edmonds warned him of a tell.
Here’s another one: From the Fox Sports Midwest broadcast booth, Edmonds once correctly predicted something like 30 consecutive pitches, naming each one — slider, curveball, changeup — without peering at a catcher’s signs. “Savant,” Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin, a witness, summarized.
Before Dexter Fowler hit two home runs in one Grapefruit League game this spring, he had chatted with Edmonds about something that “clicked” in the cage. Jose Martinez has started calling Willie McGee and Edmonds his “angels in the outfield.