Card Of The Week July 30

Four years after the Hawks stunned the baseball world by signing American amateur pitcher Carter Stewart, Jr., Stewart last Wednesday earned his first victory at the top level in NPB.  It was his fifth start of the season and despite not having notched a win until now, he's pitched pretty well in those games, posting a 1.57 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 28 2/3 innings.  Jim Allen recently interviewed Stewart for the Japan Weekly Baseball Podcast as well as an article for Kyodo News detailing Stewart's struggles over the past few years.  Both the podcast (as always) and the article are worth checking out.

I don't have any 2023 cards of Stewart yet so here's his only flagship card from last season - #326 in Epoch's NPB set: