Carter Stewart Odds for 2025
Carter Stewart
Free Agent
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Beginning pro career in Japan
Stewart, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft, reached an agreement on a contract Tuesday with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hanks of the Japanese Pacific League, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Stewart and the Braves were unable to come to terms on a deal prior to last summer's deadline, with the 19-year-old right-hander instead choosing to attend Eastern Florida State College. By attending a junior-college program, Stewart would have been eligible to re-enter the 2019 draft and was viewed as a likely early round selection, but he determined beginning his career overseas was his preferred path. There's a good chance Stewart eventually surfaces in affiliated ball once he fulfills the terms of his contract with the Japanese club.
Stewart and the Braves were unable to come to terms on a deal prior to last summer's deadline, with the 19-year-old right-hander instead choosing to attend Eastern Florida State College. By attending a junior-college program, Stewart would have been eligible to re-enter the 2019 draft and was viewed as a likely early round selection, but he determined beginning his career overseas was his preferred path. There's a good chance Stewart eventually surfaces in affiliated ball once he fulfills the terms of his contract with the Japanese club.