In spring training of 2024 Edwin Arroyo injured his shoulder diving back to first base. That injury would lead to shoulder surgery and he missed the entirety of the regular season. He was healthy enough to play in 18 games in the Arizona Fall League after the regular season ended. In 2025 he was healthy for much of the year and played in 120 games for Double-A Chattanooga.
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The season started out hot for Edwin Arroyo. He went 5-9 with a walk in the first two games as the Lookouts faced off against Rocket City. But after those two days he was placed on the injured list and missed a week-and-a-half. When the shortstop returned he went 0-10 with three walks in his first three games against Knoxville. The next 10 games saw him catch fire as he went 15-38 (.395) with four doubles. But the two weeks that followed saw him pick up just seven hits in 12 games (.152). Arroyo would run off an 8-game hitting streak to end May.
June began with a slump through the first seven days where Arroyo went 3-21. Things did warm up from there as he had hits in 14 of the remaining 18 games in the month, hitting .288 during that time but the early slump crushed his numbers on the month. His first home run of the season did come on June 11th against Biloxi.
After getting things turned around in June, Edwin Arroyo kept things going in the right direction in July. He entered the month with 11 extra-base hits in 59 games. He had 11 doubles in July to go along with a triple and a home run while also hitting .303 in 24 games. The power disappeared in August as he had just four extra-base hits in 27 games, but he hit .310 and had more walks than strikeouts.
September began slowly as he went 2-17 to begin the month, but close the regular season out by going 9-27. In the three playoff games that followed, Arroyo went 3-14 with one hit in each of the games.
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Edwin Arroyo Scouting Report
Position: SSÂ | B/T: S/R
Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 173 lbs. | Acquired: Trade (Mariners, 2022) | Born: August 25, 2003
Shortstop is a position where defense is more important than offense. At shortstop Edwin Arroyo doesn’t truly stick out in any one specific aspect, but he’s got the tools and athleticism to be strong in all areas as he shows good range, good hands, and a good arm. He will need to clean a few things up as he continues to develop – he has a .951 fielding percentage at shortstop in his four minor league seasons – but he could become an above-average defender at a premium position in the future.
It’s not the 1980’s anymore, though, and shortstops are expected to at least hit a little bit these days. Prior to the shoulder injury, Arroyo had shown some pop in his bat. That power disappeared after the shoulder surgery as he had just three home runs in 120 games during the 2025 season and didn’t exactly rack up doubles in place of the disappearing home runs. It’s fair to point to the shoulder injury and say that’s the cause, but until he does start showing more power post-surgery, it’s also fair to openly wonder if it’s going to come back. Shoulder injuries are known to sap power, but some guys never get it back while other guys do.
Aside from the power output, Arroyo did hit for a high average in 2025. And he did so from both sides of the plate, hitting .280 as a righty and .286 as a lefty. He didn’t walk much from the right-handed hitter, and while he walked more from the left side he still wasn’t walking all that much. He did improve his contact rate in 2025 and was above-average at getting the bat on the ball from both sides of the plate.
Arroyo goes the other was as a lefty a lot. His spray chart is more well-rounded from the right side, though that didn’t seem to help him much as he had just two hits into right field as a right-handed hitter in 2025.
Despite good speed, Arroyo was a poor base stealer in 2025 as he went 12-for-19. In the previous three seasons he had stolen 27, 28, and 29 bases and was also caught either six or seven times in each season. If he can get back to being more successful at converting those attempts then he could provide some good value on the bases, but if not it would be more beneficial to slow down the running game.
The biggest question mark for Arroyo is whether he’ll find some more power or not. If he can give you double-digit home runs then there’s a chance he could be a starter at shortstop or second base in the big leagues who can be average-ish or better in all areas of the game. If the power doesn’t get there then he’s got a floor of a quality utility infielder with some speed and a contact rate that could be of some use as a pinch hitter.
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Interesting Stat on Edwin Arroyo
He had the exact same OPS against lefties as he did righties. He did get there differently, though. He hit .286/.354/.361 as a left-handed hitter, giving him a .715 OPS. As a right-handed hitter he hit .280/.313/.402.