Sal Stewart

Sal Stewart

22-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Cincinnati Reds
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Last year was a big win for those in dynasty leagues betting on Stewart's high-end hit tool eventually unlocking above-average or better power. He closed the year hitting 15 home runs in 56 games across Triple-A and the majors, logging a .315 ISO in the International League and a .291 ISO in MLB as he logged career-best groundball rates below 38 percent at each stop. He has been a remarkably strong hitter throughout his pro career, logging strikeout rates below 18 percent, a batting average over .275 and a wRC+ over 125 at every minor-league stop en route to his big-league debut Sept. 1. He slashed .255/.291/.545 with a 5.2 percent walk rate and 25.9 percent strikeout rate. His xSlash of .296/.412/.651 and 52.5 HardHit% portend a strong sophomore campaign, as he'll likely strike out less and walk more in his age-22 season. Stewart, who enters the year eligible at first base, can play third, second and first, although it's possible he gets a good deal of run at designated hitter in 2026. He has stolen between 10 and 17 bases each of the last three years in the minors, but he didn't attempt a steal in the majors and is an average runner at best. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Reds in September of 2025.
Records 10th steal of 2026
1BCincinnati Reds
May 16, 2026
Stewart went 0-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and a steal during the Reds' 7-4 loss to the Guardians on Saturday.
Analysis
Stewart tied things up at 2-2 in the fifth inning after drawing a bases-loaded walk. He also logged his 10th steal of the season in the first frame and is close to matching the 17 steals he recorded across two minor-league levels (118 games) in 2025. Stewart has a .782 OPS with 10 home runs, 31 RBI and 26 runs scored across 201 plate appearances this season.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
34
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+28%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left 1.000 55 6 4 6 4 .256 .418 .581
Since 2024vs Right .780 216 33 12 34 6 .250 .310 .469
2026vs Left .993 48 5 3 4 4 .250 .438 .556
2026vs Right .768 165 23 8 28 6 .250 .315 .453
2025vs Left 1.000 7 1 1 2 0 .286 .286 .714
2025vs Right .815 51 10 4 6 0 .250 .294 .521
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+27%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+216%
OPS on Road
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .806 128 19 7 19 3 .239 .328 .478
Since 2024Away .836 143 20 9 21 7 .262 .336 .500
2026Home .914 104 17 6 17 3 .270 .375 .539
2026Away .722 109 11 5 15 7 .232 .312 .411
2025Home .375 24 2 1 2 0 .125 .125 .250
2025Away 1.186 34 9 4 6 0 .355 .412 .774
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Sal Stewart compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.69
 
BB Rate
12.7%
 
K Rate
18.3%
 
BABIP
.257
 
ISO
.223
 
AVG
.250
 
OBP
.343
 
SLG
.473
 
OPS
.816
 
wOBA
.353
 
Exit Velocity
90.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
43.5%
 
Barrels/PA
11.3%
 
Expected BA
.270
 
Expected SLG
.519
 
Sprint Speed
22.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
44.9%
 
Line Drive %
14.3%
 
Fly Ball %
40.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Stewart once again excelled as a hitter, although he was limited to 80 games due to a wrist injury that ended up needing surgery. The No. 32 overall pick in 2022, Stewart slashed .279/.391/.454 with eight home runs, a 14.8 percent walk rate and a 16.9 percent strikeout rate at High-A. His 27.1 percent hard-hit rate was decent for a player his age, while his 11.8 percent soft-hit rate was elite. Stewart makes contact at a strong clip (79.6 percent) and makes very good swing decisions, so it's just a question of which position he'll play and how much power he'll get to in games. Early in the year, he was such a good hitter that he was barreling a lot of balls to dead center field, which limited his home run output. Stewart is a better defender at third base than org. mate Cam Collier, so if one of them has to move to first base, Collier is the more likely option. While Stewart has seen time at second base, he probably doesn't have the mobility to play there long term. Assuming he makes a full recovery from wrist surgery, Stewart is an obvious candidate to break out as a power hitter in 2025, and he's already on track to have at least an above-average hit tool.
Stewart is one of the best pure hitters who hasn't reached Double-A yet. Known as a bat-first third baseman who may move to first base entering the 2022 draft, Stewart showed enough defensive chops in his full-season debut that he may be able to stick at the hot corner long term. He had more walks than strikeouts at Single-A and an equal share (13.7 percent) of walks and strikeouts as a 19-year-old at High-A. Stewart won't sell out for power - his pull% was below 42 percent at both stops - but at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and with the potential to call Great American Ball Park home, it's conceivable he gets to 25-plus homer power by his mid-20s. Given how safe his hit tool appears, Stewart could break out as a power hitter at any point, and he already appears on track to hit enough to play every day.
Stewart is all bat and no glove, but the Reds still scooped him from the prep ranks with the 32nd overall pick in last year's draft and gave him over $2 million. This hasn't been a player-type (prep power-hitting corner bat) that the Reds have had success with in recent years, but the hope is that Stewart is a significantly better pure hitter than recent busts in this mold. He got into eight complex-league games after signing and hit .292 with four doubles, five strikeouts and four walks. While he may play some third base this season, Stewart is a bad athlete who will only slow down in coming seasons, so his most likely home is first base/designated hitter. His ceiling is amplified as a potential middle-of-the-order threat in Great American Ball Park, but Stewart has a thin margin for error as a hitter due to his defensive shortcomings and is at least several years away.
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Three hits in Tuesday's loss
1BCincinnati Reds
May 13, 2026
Stewart went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 10-4 loss to the Nationals.
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Snaps RBI drought in loss
1BCincinnati Reds
May 7, 2026
Stewart went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and an additional run scored in Thursday's 8-3 loss to the Cubs.
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Continues huge season with five RBI
1BCincinnati Reds
April 25, 2026
Stewart went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk and five total RBI in a 9-2 victory versus the Tigers on Saturday.
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Drives in three Tuesday
1BCincinnati Reds
April 21, 2026
Stewart went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and three RBI in Tuesday's 12-6 win over the Rays.
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Knocks out eighth homer
1BCincinnati Reds
April 21, 2026
Stewart went 2-for-4 with a double, a two-run home run and a stolen base during Monday's 6-1 win over the Rays.
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Gets nod for NL POTW
1BCincinnati Reds
March 30, 2026
Stewart was named the National League Player of the Week for the opening week of the 2026 regular season.
Analysis
Stewart opened the regular-season strongly by going 3-for-4 with two doubles against the Red Sox on Thursday, but in that contest he took a 110-mph line drive off his wrist in the fifth inning. He was able to shake off the injury to play in each of the final two games of the series, during which he went 4-for-6 with one home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Stewart made his major-league debut Sept. 1 of 2025 and is expected to split his reps between first base and DH this season.
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