{"id":911945,"date":"2026-11-10T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/911945\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:16:10","slug":"sal-stewart-named-nl-jackie-robinson-rookie-of-the-year-whiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/911945\/","title":{"rendered":"Sal Stewart named NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year &#8211; WHIZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sal-still-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2738986 attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sal Still\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>CINCINNATI, OH \u2013 For the ninth time in team history, a Cincinnati Reds player is the National League rookie of the year. This one happens to have as much potential, if not more, than any who came before him.<\/p>\n<p>Reds phenom Sal Stewart is the 2026 National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year, as announced by Major League baseball on Monday evening. Stewart took home 20 of 30 first place votes, winning the award over Carson Benge of the New York Mets and JJ Wetherholt of the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite playing in 18 games in 2025, Stewart\u2019s officially recognized rookie year of 2026 nearly practically made him a household name. As humble as they come, an energized Stewart could not stop smiling upon the official announcement, something which became his trademark over the course of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself this award wouldn\u2019t define me. I worked hard and I did what I could. I\u2019m focused\u201d said Stewart on MLB Network on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart led all major league rookies in home runs, hits, runs, runs batted in, games, plate appearances and at bats, becoming the first Reds player to win the award since Jonathan India in 2021. He\u00a0will look to expand on a tremendous rookie year in 2027, as he looks to lift the Reds back into a postseason spot.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI, OH \u2013 For the ninth time in team history, a Cincinnati Reds player is the National League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-911945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}