Only 10 days removed from the biggest trade in recent history and Juan Soto is already headed back to Washington as the Padres travel east for a weekend series against the Nationals. The failed contract negotiations and subsequent fallout is fresh on everyone’s mind and Soto will be eager to have a big weekend.
The surging Philadelphia Phillies look for their fifth straight win when they host the Washington Nationals on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series.
Stewart, 26, is a former first-round draft pick (4th overall pick in the 2013 draft, just two spots behind Kris Bryant) and top prospect (No. 52 in MLB back in 2014), who has spent his entire career so far with the Twins, eventually debuting at the big league level in 2018:
He opted out of the 2020 season due to being high risk (type 1 diabetes), but he’s back at it for 2021, ready to recapture the magic that made him a top prospect on a team that should have PLENTY of innings to go around this season – at least, if they’re eying him for the rotation (I suppose, we’ll see).