Twins Super Prospect Foreshadows His Own Injury

After showing out impressively in his first taste of the big leagues, former No. 1 overall prospect Royce Lewis is back with the Minnesota Twins. In his first go-round earlier this month, the phenom shortstop hit .308 with an .889 OPS, two homers and 5 RBIs. His reward for that was a trip back to Triple-A to work on playing other positions, to open up playing opportunities with the Twins.

The experiment apparently went well, and took just 10 days to complete.

With shortstop fully occupied by Carlos Correa, the idea was to use Lewis all over the diamond—third base, left field and center field, at least—in order to get his bat into the lineup.

He was asked before Sunday's game what position is most comfortable for him, other than his natural shortstop.

Two hours ago, Royce Lewis was asked where he's most comfortable. He said third base but wants to play CF.

"Center field is comfy. For me, I'm more excited to make those plays at the wall, but it's a little more dangerous."#MNTwins
— DanHayesMLB (@DanHayesMLB) May 29, 2022

"Center field is comfy. For me, I'm more excited to make those plays at the wall, but it's a little more dangerous." Unfortunately, his premonition came true, as he injured his knee on a spectacular catch at the wall in the 3rd inning.

Royce Lewis' center field debut for the #MNTwins lasts just three innings.

Lewis got shaken up crashing into the wall on this catch and is now out of the game. Replaced by Nick Gordon.pic.twitter.com/cRL8jlRUeE
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) May 29, 2022