Who’s on third? Right now, it’s Brooks Lee
Brooks Lee’s move to third base gives the Twins more flexibility as Royce Lewis works back from a Triple-A reset after a .163 start.
- Since his May 19 demotion to Triple-A St. Paul Saints, Royce Lewis has dominated minor league pitching, hitting.358 with a 1.395 OPS and 10 homers in 13 games.
- Manager Derek Shelton said the Twins wanted to give the 26-year-old infielder a different environment to regain confidence after he struggled early in the season, hitting.163 in 104 at-bats.
- Complicating his return, the Twins recently shifted Brooks Lee from shortstop to third base. Lewis hit a line-drive double last week with a 115.7 mph exit velocity, the hardest-hit ball of his career.
- General Manager Jeremy Zoll and Shelton have declined to set a concrete timeline for Lewis's return, with Shelton stating the team aims to "functionally put the best team on the field every night."
- Teammate Kaelen Culpepper, a top Twins prospect, said he is learning from Lewis, noting, "He's always smiling, he's always in a good mood, so we get to build off his energy.
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Royce Lewis is working to rediscover his game after a demotion to the St. Paul Saints, while top prospect Kaelen Culpepper is making a case for a promotion, and the two Black teammates are leaning on each other along the way. The post Royce and Kaelen: Working their way back to the show appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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Who’s on third? Right now, it’s Brooks Lee
Royce Lewis was in the lineup for the Saints on Tuesday night, playing the 10th game of his recent assignment to Class AAA, the requisite for the third baseman before he can rejoin his major league club. Will he be back on Wednesday for the series finale against the White Sox? Lewis, 26, was hitting .324 (12 for 37) with five home runs and 10 RBIs in his first nine games, but the Twins might want to see more than 10 games of improvement after he…
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Twins move Royce Lewis around infield as organization stresses versatility
MINNEAPOLIS — Royce Lewis’ production at the plate since being demoted to Triple-A for a reset has drawn all kinds of attention. He hit another pair of home runs on Tuesday and a grand slam and an RBI single on Wednesday. In his first 13 games with the St. Paul Saints this season — including two earlier in the year on a rehab assignment — he has hit .358 with a 1.395 OPS and 10 homers. But there was something else that caught the eye on Wednesda…
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