Zach Stewart

Stewart was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft out of Texas Tech University.^[3]

On August 1, 2009, the Reds traded Stewart, along with Edwin Encarnación and Josh Roenicke, to the Toronto Blue Jays for Scott Rolen.^[4] He was the Toronto Blue Jays top prospect prior to the 2010 Toronto Blue Jays season according to Baseball America.^[5]

On June 14, 2011, Stewart was called up from the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats to replace Kyle Drabek, who was optioned to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. He made his career debut on June 16, 2011, against the Baltimore Orioles, pitching 7 innings, giving up 7 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.^[6] After making 3 starts, Stewart was optioned back to Double-A New Hampshire on June 28, 2011.^[7]

On July 27, 2011, Stewart was traded to the Chicago White Sox with Jason Frasor for Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen.^[8] Stewart was called up to the White Sox on August 6, 2011, and earned his first MLB victory going 6.1 innings giving up 1 run on 8 hits striking out 2 in a 6–1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

On September 5, 2011, Stewart threw 7 perfect innings before giving up a hit to Minnesota Twins infielder Danny Valencia. Stewart then went on to retire the next six batters as the White Sox swept a double header winning 4–0.

On June 24, 2012, Stewart was traded to the Boston Red Sox with Brent Lillibridge for Kevin Youkilis and cash.^[9] He was sent to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.^[10] Stewart was recalled from Pawtucket on August 29 in order to start that night against the Los Angeles Angels.^[11] The next day, Stewart was sent back to Pawtucket to make room for Daniel Bard.^[12] On November 20, Stewart was designated for assignment with four others.^[13]

On November 28, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they had acquired Stewart from the Red Sox in exchange for a player to be named later.^[14] The Pirates sent pitcher Kyle Kaminska to the Red Sox to complete the trade.^[15] The Pirates designated Stewart for assignment on January 17, 2013.^[16]

Stewart was claimed by the Chicago White Sox on January 24, 2013.^[17] Stewart spent the 2013 season with the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.

Stewart was traded to the Atlanta Braves on March 10, 2014, in exchange for cash considerations.^[18] he started the 2014 season with the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves.

On January 27, 2015, Stewart signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.^[19]

On June 10, 2015, Stewart signed a contract with the NC Dinos.^[20]

On January 6, 2017, Stewart signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.^[21] In 7 games (3 starts) for the Triple–A Norfolk Tides, he struggled to an 0–3 record and 7.41 ERA with 13 strikeouts across 17 innings pitched. On May 3, Stewart was released by the Orioles organization.^[22]

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