Twins third baseman Royce Lewis entered the season with many anticipating him to have a breakout 12 months. He hit a house run in his first at-bat. After which he was injured. After solely two plate appearances, Lewis went down with a extreme quad pressure. He was anticipated to overlook two months and that estimation appears prefer it’ll come nearly precisely to fruition.
Friday, the Twins introduced that Lewis will begin a rehab project with Triple-A St. Paul on Saturday. He’ll begin out as a delegated hitter. The belief is he’ll work within the discipline shortly thereafter, and as soon as he has a number of video games beneath his belt to get his timing again, he’ll rejoin the Twins.
Lewis was the No. 1 total draft pick of highschool in 2017 and he is been excellent on the major-league degree to this point in his profession. In 71 MLB regular-season video games, he is hit .313/.369/.564 (156 OPS+) with 11 doubles, 18 homers, 58 RBI, 42 runs, six steals and a pair of.9 WAR. In six playoff video games final 12 months, he homered 4 instances. Efficiency has by no means been a problem.
Staying on the sector, although, has been the difficulty. He tore his ACL in each 2021 and 2022. He is additionally handled a bone bruise, a strained indirect and strained hamstring.
With out Lewis, the Twins have had fairly the curler coaster of a season. They began 7-13, then received 17 of 20 earlier than shedding seven in a row. Nonetheless, because of that prolonged scorching streak, they’re proper within the thick of competition.
Getting into Friday, Twins’ third baseman this season had hit .232/.310/.387 and Lewis is definitely higher than that, long-term. If he can keep away from one other harm, the Twins will quickly get an uptick in manufacturing on the scorching nook.
