For the third consecutive season, Christin Stewart is the Detroit Tigers’ minor league player of the year. The team announced Stewart as their 2018 winner on Thursday, along with lefthander Matt Hall, who was named the team’s minor league pitcher of the year.
Stewart, the No. 9 prospect in the system at our last update, was a consistent threat at the plate throughout the season at Triple-A Toledo. He hit .264/.364/.480 with 23 home runs in 522 plate appearances for the Mud Hens. This earned him a call to the big leagues following Toledo’s short playoff run.