Twins reinstate star third baseman Royce Lewis from IL

NEW YORK — The Minnesota Twins reinstated third baseman Royce Lewis from the injured listing on Tuesday after a 58-game absence attributable to a severely strained proper quadriceps muscle.

Lewis performed in six video games on a rehab project with triple-A St. Paul, going 4 for 23 with a double, a stroll and eight strikeouts.

Lewis will enter the three-game collection in New York in opposition to the Yankees with an ideal 1.000 batting common, having homered and singled in his first two at-bats of the season earlier than getting harm operating the bases on March 28 at Kansas City.

The first general decide within the 2017 draft has been restricted to 71 video games with the Twins. He tore the ACL in his proper knee whereas understanding earlier than the 2021 season and suffered the identical harm in 2022 simply 12 video games into his main league profession on a collision with the outfield wall whereas monitoring a fly ball.

Last season, Lewis hit .309 with 15 dwelling runs and 52 RBIs in simply 58 video games together with 5 grand slams. He hit 4 homers in six postseason video games for the AL Central champion Twins in 2023.

The Twins despatched Canadian second baseman Edouard Julien to triple-A St. Paul to make room on the 26-man roster for Lewis, who will flip 25 on Wednesday.