MIAMI – Miami Marlins pitching prospect Will Stewart landed a $10-an-hour offseason hospital job in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and said the experience made him more grateful for baseball. “There were 25-, 26-, 28-year-olds getting COVID and dying,” Stewart said. “I watched people come in that couldn’t breathe or had no control over their body.
It was very scary and eye-opening. The entire time I was there, I just wanted to get back on the field.” Stewart spoke Friday at the Marlins' spring training complex in Jupiter, Florida, after throwing in an intrasquad game — his first game since 2019.
The left-hander was acquired two years ago in the trade that sent catcher J.T. Realmuto to the Philadelphia Phillies. Now 23, Stewart has