Twins officially place Lewis on IL, recall Miranda

The Minnesota Twins basically placed Royce Lewis within the 10-day injured list upon Monday, as the Twins’ top prospect is working with a bone bruise in his right leg.

Lewis was injured simply hours after he had been recalled prior to Sunday’s game contrary to the Kansas Area Royals. After setting up a moving catch off the baseball bat of Emmanuel Pena inside the third inning, Lewis condemned into the wall in addition to felt pain in his or her right knee.

Lewis stayed at in the game over the rest of the inning but was replaced simply by Nick Gordon inside the major of the fourth. Lewis underwent an MRI upon Sunday and Rocco Baldelli said he was jogging around the clubhouse soon after the game.

That weren’t enough to avoid a new trip to the hurt list, however, and Baldelli said the team ideas to re-evaluate Lewis following the swelling in his leg fails later this full week.

Lewis’s injuries comes at a difficult time to get the Twins. Minnesota is definitely slated to play a new doubleheader against the Of detroit Tigers on Tuesday in addition to could be shorthanded to get next weekend’s series using the Toronto Blue Jays.

Due to Canada’s vaccination requirements for COVID-19, they could be without a number of regulars, leaving the workforce scrambling for replacements.

To replace Lewis on typically the roster, the Twins valued Jose Miranda from Triple-A St. Paul after giving him down to help make room for Lewis. Miranda is hitting .164 upon the season with six doubles, one home operate and five RBI.