Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart wins National League Player of Week
Talk about a quick starter. Sal Stewart went 7-for-10 in the Cincinnati Reds' opening series win over the Red Sox, with 3 walks and 4 extra-base hits.
Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart spent the first series of the season hitting . 700 without so much as a strikeout. And on Monday, he was rewarded with the National League Player of the Week award.
“Obviously, it’s great, and I’m super proud of myself,” Stewart said. “But that’s in the past now, and now it’s time to go and play against the Pirates. ” Stewart is the first Red to win the award since Spencer Steer last June and the first Reds rookie to win it since Rece Hinds in his first week in the majors in July 2024.
“When you play good baseball sometimes these things happen,” Reds manager Terry Francona said. “He’s extremely confident. If I could hit the ball like that I would be, too.
“But he backs it up. He prepares really well. I think he should be.