MLB · 1B · Minnesota Twins
Royce Lewis
B/T R/R · 6' 0" · 200 lb · born Aliso Viejo, CA, USA · age 27 · draft 2017 rd 1 · played 1B 60, 3B 47, 2B 15, DH 2 · MLB debut 2022-05-06
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-28): 11 G · .175 AVG · 0 HR · 3 RBI · .409 OPS
430 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Royce Lewis, the 2017 first-overall pick out of Aliso Viejo, CA, is hitting .370 with a 1.041 OPS and three home runs over his last 13 games — but his 16 strikeouts against one walk in that span tell you the swing is still as aggressive as it has always been.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Lewis here — The Buzz August 13, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 382 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95107.977
- Deserved (xVal)0.40271
- Got (aVal)0.37159
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.02169
today · 30 days ago, against the 340 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $2.85M
- Tax hit
- $2.85M
- Service time
- 3 yr 142 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
The deal 1 year $2.9M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$2.85M (26) · agent Boras Corp.
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 3 | Arb 4 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Minnesota Twins.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $2.85M
- Guaranteed
- $2.85M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Royce Lewis
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The Bureau on Royce Lewis
The scouting press, in their own words
Plenty of fired up Phillies fans as Aaron Nola punched out Royce Lewis to escape the bases loaded jam. https://t.co/7Nnm2J8H2t
I love MVP debates. This year, I may write in @morsecode and the @Twins PR staff for their tireless, evolving work in organizing their roster by position 😉 Caratini, C/1B Lewis, 1B/2B/3B Clemens, 1B/2B/RF Lee, 3B/SS Keaschall, 2B/CF/RF Kreidler, SS/CF Martin, LF/RF
Umpire favor
+2.4 net runs over 41 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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