Manchester, N.H. - The Toronto Blue Jays, parent club of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, have
selected the contract of Fisher Cats starting pitcher Zach
Stewart today. The
24-year
old right-hander is slated to make his Major League debut and start on
Thursday
afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers
Center in Toronto.
He will become the 47th
player to make his Major League Baseball debut after playing for the
Fisher
Cats and the seventh player to do so in 2011, following Tim Collins,
Brad
Emaus, Luis Perez, David Cooper, Trystan Magnuson and Eric Thames.
"Whenever
one of our players earns a promotion to the Major Leagues, it's always
exciting
time for our team and especially our fans," said Fisher Cats President Rick Brenner.
"Zach has been a model member of the Fisher
Cats since 2010 and has delivered some spectacular performances on the
mound at
Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. We
wish
him the best of luck with the Blue Jays."
Stewart
currently holds a 4-3 record with a 4.39 ERA in 12 starts for New Hampshire
in the Eastern League this
season, and in his last three starts is 1-0 with a 2.37 ERA. In 2010, the Wichita Falls,
TX
native went 8-3 with a 3.63 ERA in 26 starts for the Fisher Cats.
Stewart
was
originally the 84th overall pick of the 2008
Major League Draft when
he was selected in the third round by the Cincinnati Reds. He was acquired by the
Blue Jays from the
Reds on July 31, 2009 when he was traded to Toronto along
with Josh Roenicke and Edwin
Encarnacion for Scott Rolen.
Individual
game tickets, season tickets, summer fun packs and tickets to the 2011 Northeast Delta Dental Eastern League
All-Star Game are available now at the Fisher Cats Ticket
Office at 1 Line
Drive, Manchester, NH 03101, online at www.nhfishercats.com
or by calling the Fisher Cats at (603) 641-2005.
