Reds Top Prospect Gets Big Honor Ahead Of Crucial 2026 Season

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MLB Pipeline is ranking their apical prospects from each position heading into nan 2026 season. Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart was classed their apical first guidelines imaginable successful each of baseball.

In nan 14 games Stewart played pinch Cincinnati successful nan section successful 2025, he was astatine first guidelines successful 11 of those games and 3rd guidelines successful nan different four.

"Stewart hasn’t posted a strikeout complaint higher than 17 percent astatine immoderate of his Minor League full-season stops since he was taken 32nd wide successful 2022, though location was a mini blip aft his MLB debut past season," MLB Pipeline wrote. "He deed nan shot truthful difficult successful that first sensation of The Show (52.5 percent hard-hit rate, 107.4 mph 90th-percentile exit velocity) that he tin waste and acquisition a fewer strikeouts for much rockets successful play and still beryllium a .300-average threat."

While defense is not his strength, nan Reds do not want to move Stewart into an mundane DH astatine conscionable 22 years old. Plus, he is down complete 25 pounds this offseason and some he and nan Reds are hoping that creates immoderate protect versatility.

“We surely don’t want to move Sal into a 22-year-old DH," Reds head Terry Francona told Charlie Goldsmith of Charlie's Chalkboard. "He whitethorn get immoderate DH at-bats, but we don’t want a kid DHing each time that age.”

In 18 games pinch Cincinnati past season, Stewart slashed .255/.293/.545 pinch six extra-base hits, including 5 location runs.

“I was wished to amended myself truthful I tin spell retired location and springiness myself nan champion chance to thief nan team,” Stewart said. “I’m ace happy pinch really nan offseason is going. (My athleticism) makes maine a amended defender overall. It gives Tito much versatility. I tin spell to 3rd and springiness (Ke’Bryan Hayes) a break. When I play first, I tin beryllium nan champion first baseman I tin be. I consciousness really bully correct now, and I’m looking guardant to Goodyear.”

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