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Sal Stewart partially has the Reds' future in his hands.
The Cincinnati Reds have established big-league talent in players like shortstop Elly De La Cruz and third baseman Eugenio Suarez, but first/third baseman Sal Stewart needs to prove himself as he enters his first full big-league season. The 22-year-old is on the right track so far, as he's 11-for-31 with two homers, six RBIs, eight walks, and four stolen bases in spring training. Reds director of player development Jeremy Farrell talked about Stewart's hitting talent on Sunday, via MLB.
com's Sam Dykstra. “From Day One of him being a young high-school hitter in A ball, he has wanted to be a hitter first,” he said. “As he's gotten a little bit older, he's gotten a little bit stronger, he's worked on his body, the power has started to come, and it's come naturally.
He's not chasing it. He's picking his spots, and while doing so, he hasn't lost the ability to be a complete hitter, to use the whole field, to go the other way with two strikes. ” Stewart displayed both power and contact-hitting chops in the minor leagues, as he slashed .
289/. 390/. 466 with 40 homers and 202 RBIs over 323 career games.