MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins promoted their high major-league-ready prospect, Brooks Lee, and positioned infielder Royce Lewis on the injured listing with a Grade 2 proper adductor pressure, the group introduced Wednesday.
An infielder at Triple-A St. Paul, Lee is the No. 13 prospect in baseball, in line with MLB.com.
Lee, 23, will make his major-league debut Wednesday evening in opposition to the Detroit Tigers. He’s batting eighth and taking part in third base for the Twins.
Lee missed the primary a part of the season with a herniated disc in his again. He’s hit .329/.394/.635 with seven homers and 21 RBIs in 94 plate appearances this yr at Triple A.
The Twins moved injured reliever Brock Stewart to the 60-day IL to create space for Lee on the 40-man roster.
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Lewis, who exited Tuesday’s recreation in opposition to the Tigers with groin tightness, is out no less than by means of the All-Star break and shall be reassessed, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey mentioned.
The Twins star felt the damage operating out a go-ahead, two-run double within the third inning of the group’s twenty first comeback win and was faraway from the sport earlier than the beginning of the sixth inning.
The adductor pressure is on the precise aspect, not the left because the Twins initially reported. It’s close to the spot of the extreme proper quad pressure Lewis suffered on Opening Day, which pressured him to overlook 58 video games.
Since returning to the group on June 4 in New York, Lewis had posted a .984 OPS in 97 plate appearances. On the season, he has batted .292/.354/.685 with 10 dwelling runs and 18 RBIs in 24 video games.
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