Royce Lewis

Bats R Throws R6'2" 200 lbBorn 1999 Aliso Viejo, USADebut 2022Team MINDraft 2017 R1 #1 Minnesota Twins, JSerra (CA) HSContract 1 y/$2.85M (26) 2026: $2,850,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 97.7FIELD+ 100.8 at 3BTotal 1.10 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	363	329	80	17	0	14	29	76	7	0.244	0.305	0.425	0.731	0.182	0.316	21.1	8.0	97.8	1.03
2027	388	351	82	17	1	16	31	91	9	0.234	0.300	0.422	0.722	0.188	0.313	23.5	8.1	98.4	1.13

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 76 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ed Lennox	1910	109.5	did not play
2	Jose Miranda	2024	105.7	1.4	36
3	Max Alvis	1964	111.3	99.1	670
4	Ronnie Belliard	2001	100.9	40.1	317
5	Tony Piet	1933	109.5	75.9	454
6	Topper Rigney	1923	107.4	115.8	633
7	Mark Loretta	1998	99.0	91.9	664
8	Tim Teufel	1985	103.0	95.2	318
9	Khalil Greene	2006	101.1	99.7	659
10	Johnny Vergez	1933	101.5	61.3	353

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			388		82	17	1	16		9	31	91	0.234	0.300	0.422	0.722	98.4
2026*	MIN	93	381	45	82	20	1	13		12	34	98	0.240	0.312	0.419	0.732	102.6
2025	MIN	106	403	36	89	18	0	13	52	12	25	80	0.237	0.283	0.388	0.671	80.8
2024	MIN	82	325	40	68	16	0	16	47	0	28	74	0.233	0.295	0.452	0.747	102.7
2023	MIN	58	239	36	67	7	0	15	52	6	20	55	0.309	0.372	0.548	0.921	151.4
2022	MIN	12	41	5	12	4	0	2	5	0	1	5	0.300	0.317	0.550	0.867	145.1
Career		258	1008	117	236	45	0	46	156	18	74	214	0.255	0.310	0.453	0.762	107.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	381	90.0	20.0	11.8	42.7	33.7	32.1	0.247	0.420	0.323	27.8
2025	403	89.8	16.7	8.7	40.3	26.7	31.3	0.240	0.400	0.297	26.8
2024	325	87.1	16.8	11.2	37.7	27.0	33.2	0.238	0.435	0.317	26.6
2023	239	90.2	16.2	11.7	42.0	27.3	28.5	0.258	0.486	0.349	28.2
2022	41	90.7	19.4	5.7	40.0	16.2	27.3	0.265	0.448	0.314	28.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIN	3B	99	826	68	131	7	14	0.966	-1.3
2024	MIN	3B	51	412	42	76	6	7	0.952	+3.6
2024	MIN	2B	2	8	0	7	1	0	0.875	+1.0
2023	MIN	3B	49	417	32	73	5	11	0.955	+1.3
2023	MIN	SS	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2022	MIN	SS	11	99	12	28	2	4	0.952	-0.7
2022	MIN	OF	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	67	10 HR, 0 SB	0.333	1.303
2025	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	33	0 HR, 0 SB	0.129	0.313
2024	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	31	0 HR, 1 SB	0.172	0.467
2023	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	51	6 HR, 3 SB	0.356	1.190
2022	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	153	5 HR, 12 SB	0.313	0.939
2019	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	148	2 HR, 6 SB	0.231	0.649
2019	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	418	10 HR, 16 SB	0.238	0.665
2018	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	208	5 HR, 6 SB	0.255	0.726
2018	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	327	9 HR, 22 SB	0.315	0.853
2017	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	80	1 HR, 3 SB	0.296	0.757
2017	Rk	GCL Twins	Bat	159	3 HR, 15 SB	0.271	0.804

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.364	0.315	0.321	0.335
2025	0.316	0.303	0.287	0.330
2024	0.333	0.315	0.370	0.273
2023	0.352	0.410	0.347	0.448
2022	0.456	0.344	0.300	0.650

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	6	22	6	5	0	0	4	5	0	4	8	0.227	0.346	0.773	1.119
Career	6	22	6	5	0	0	4	5	0	4	8	0.227	0.346	0.773	1.119