Royce

Lewis

1BAge : 27Bats : R

#23

Royce Lewis

#231BMinnesota Twins

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-06

Born in : Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Minnesota Twins	125	463	105	15	57	.227	.667
2025	Minnesota Twins	106	376	89	13	52	.237	.671
2024	Minnesota Twins	82	292	68	16	47	.233	.747
2023	Minnesota Twins	58	217	67	15	52	.309	.920
2022	Minnesota Twins	12	40	12	2	5	.300	.867
Career totals		383	1388	341	61	213	.246	.731

ContractMinnesota Twins payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.9 M$
AAV: 2.85 M$

2026
2.85 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3
2028
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.292

xwOBA

.306

OPS

.667

AVG

.227

OBP

.287

RBI

509

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.5

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-6)

20232.3 WAR · 5.8 per full season
20241.1 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20251.0 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20260.5 WAR · 0.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

+4 · 27 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 66
POW: Power; 78
EYE: Eye; 64
SPD: Speed; 77
FLD: Fielding; 72
DUR: Durability; 67
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.5

#215 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

20 / 100

#213 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

30 / 100

Surplus $2.0M · salary $2.9M

PAL: dimensions

Offense17

Power59

Discipline16

Speed80

Defense28

WAR, in runs

Batting-9.1

Baserunning+3.1

Fielding-1.6

Positional-5.2

Replacement+15.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

89.8 mi/h

63th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.4 mi/h

70th percentile

Barrels

10.7 %

72th percentile

Hard-hit

40.2 %

48th percentile

xBA

.238

32th percentile

Bat speed

75.1 mi/h

88th percentile

Sprint speed

27.7 pi/s

57th percentile

Outs above average

-4

24th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	MIN	0.5	20	70	89.8	112.4	10.7	40.2	.238
2025	MIN	1.0	29	77	89.8	113.7	8.7	40.3	.240
2024	MIN	1.1	59	80	87.1	111.6	11.2	37.7	.239
2023	MIN	2.3	90	86	90.2	114.0	11.7	42.0	.258

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs TEX	4	2	1	1	1	.227
Sep 26	vs TEX	4	0	0	0	2	.224
Sep 25	vs TEX	4	1	0	2	2	.226
Sep 23	@ SF	4	1	0	0	1	.226
Sep 22	@ SF	3	0	0	0	1	.226
Sep 20	@ LAA	5	1	0	0	3	.227
Sep 19	@ LAA	5	2	0	0	1	.228
Sep 18	@ LAA	4	1	0	0	0	.226
Sep 17	@ LAA	5	0	0	0	4	.226
Sep 16	vs NYY	4	0	0	1	1	.228