Sal Stewart

Bats R Throws R6'1" 224 lbBorn 2003 Miami, USADebut 2025Team CIN1x All-StarDraft 2022 R1C #32 Cincinnati Reds, Westminster Christian SchoolContract 1 y/$781,500 (26) 2026: $781,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 109.8FIELD+ 99.2 at 1BTotal 2.26 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	257	230	60	12	0	10	23	52	3	0.259	0.328	0.446	0.774	0.188	0.335	20.3	8.8	108.2	1.06
2027	526	466	119	23	1	20	51	111	10	0.256	0.332	0.436	0.768	0.181	0.333	21.0	9.7	111.4	2.37

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 85 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Gene Hasson	1937	125.6	113.4	82
2	Jiggs Donahue	1901	128.6	81.8	103
3	Art Shires	1928	124.1	107.6	392
4	Ed Konetchy	1907	112.4	115.8	618
5	John Ellis	1970	99.4	91.6	271
6	Steve Garvey	1970	84.3	93.9	249
7	Billy Butler	2007	105.9	94.2	478
8	Harmon Killebrew	1957	91.8	6.4	33
9	Bob Hale	1955	119.7	58.9	223
10	Dayan Viciedo	2010	121.2	82.4	113

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			526		119	23	1	20		10	51	111	0.256	0.332	0.436	0.768	111.4
2026*	CIN	128	550	69	125	24	0	27		12	54	121	0.258	0.333	0.474	0.807	110.3
2025	CIN	18	58	11	14	1	0	5	8	0	3	15	0.255	0.293	0.545	0.839	118.8
Career		18	58	11	14	1	0	5	8	0	3	15	0.255	0.293	0.545	0.839	118.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	548	90.1	13.2	13.4	38.4	27.1	29.9	0.253	0.473	0.348	26.6
2025	58	95.4	17.9	17.9	52.5	23.9	32.7	0.292	0.630	0.401	25.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	1B	11	81	73	6	1	4	0.988	+2.1
2025	CIN	3B	6	33	7	6	0	0	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	165	10 HR, 4 SB	0.315	1.023
2025	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	329	10 HR, 13 SB	0.306	0.850
2024	A+	Dayton Dragons	Bat	338	8 HR, 10 SB	0.279	0.845
2023	A+	Dayton Dragons	Bat	131	2 HR, 5 SB	0.291	0.788
2023	A	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	387	10 HR, 10 SB	0.269	0.819
2022	Rk	ACL Reds	Bat	28	0 HR, 0 SB	0.292	0.851

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.383	0.352	0.373	0.345
2025	0.483	0.346	0.165	0.493

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0.500	0.600	0.500	1.100
Career	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0.500	0.600	0.500	1.100