The Minnesota Twins take on the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday on FOX 9. Third baseman Royce Lewis will make his 2025 debut after suffering a hamstring injury during Spring Training. Jim Rich caught up with Lewis before Tuesday’s game.
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ORGANIZATION WIDE TWINS WILL ALSO GIVE AWAY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FREE BASEBALL GLOVES TO CHILDREN HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL. AND THAT’S ALWAYS A BIG HIT. HUGE. GREAT SUCCESSFUL RUN WITH THE SAINT PAUL SAINTS DOING SOME REHAB DOWN THERE, A BIG NAME COMING BACK TO THE TWINS TONIGHT. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHEN ROYCE LEWIS IS IN DENY IT. SO HE’S READY TO MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON THIS HAMSTRING INJURY IN MARCH. REALLY BRINGING SOME MUCH TONIGHT. FOR MORE ON HIS RETURN. AND WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED. HE’S A GREAT PLAYER AND HE’S A FUN GUY. JIM RICH GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO ROYCE EARLIER TODAY. JIMMY, BRING US UP TO SPEED ON HOW HE’S FEELING, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO TONIGHT’S GAME. WELL, YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? IT’S IN A BAD MOOD. THAT ANSWER IS NEVER. DESPITE ALL THESE INJURIES, DESPITE ALL THESE SETBACKS, HE CONTINUES TO JUST HAVE THAT HIS GAME THAT WE ALL APPRECIATE. NOW JOINING ROYCE BEING ACTIVATED FROM THE INJURED LIST IS WILLIE CASTRO. WILLIE WILL BE BACK IN LEFT FIELD, SO THAT ALSO LINEUP. BUT OF COURSE EVERYBODY’S EXCITED TO SEE ROYCE BACK HERE WITH THE TWINS. AS YOU SAINTS. WENT THROUGH A SIX GAME IL STINT THERE TO GET HIS SWING BACK IN ORDER AND TO MAKE SURE THAT HAMSTRING IS READY TO GO. THE GAME. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? THIS IS ROYCE’S OPENING DAY AND HE’S PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. OH IT’S AMAZING. ANYTIME YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY BIG KID’S DREAM, MAN, AND I’M JUST LIVING OUT MINE. AND I GOT BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT IT. SO I CAN’T WAIT TO GET UP THERE AND HEAR THE CROWD AGAIN AND JUST IS THE REHAB ASSIGNMENTS LIKE FOR YOU? HOW DO YOU APPROACH THOSE? BECAUSE YOU’RE WITH GUYS THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THEIR CAREER. YOU’RE GOING AGAINST DIFFERENT PEOPLE. IT’S NOT REALLY ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE GAME ITSELF, BUT IT’S ABOUT YOU GETTING READY. BUT YOU’RE ALSO THERE TO SUPPORT THOSE GUYS WITH THE SAINTS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. HONESTLY, I JUST AGAIN, I JUST BE ROYCE, MAN. I JUST HAVE FUN. THOSE GUYS ARE ALL MY FRIENDS AS WELL AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE THEM AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK DOWN THERE. SO I HAD A LOT OF FUN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DINNERS HERE AND THERE AND A LOT OF RAINOUTS. SO A LOT OF CARDS WE GOT TO PLAY. BUT WE HAD A BLAST. AND I’M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING BACK OUT HERE AND BEING A PART OF THE TEAM AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. YOU LOOK AT THIS BASEBALL CLUB AND YOU’VE SAID IT. THIS IS A BETTER TEAM THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN RESULTS WISE. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SO MUCH. WELL, YOU GOT A HEALTHY CARLOS CORREA AND HEALTHY BYRON BUXTON AND PABLO LOPEZ AND JOE RYAN AND BAILEY OBER. THEY’RE LEADING THE ROTATION DOING A VERY GOOD JOB ALONG WITH SIM AND PADDACK AND OUR BULLPEN GUYS. MAN, YOU KNOW I HAVE FAITH IN THEM. I KNOW IT’S EARLY AND THEY HAVEN’T BEEN THE BEST AND DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A LONG SEASON. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR STATS PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PITCHERS ARE DOING GREAT AND THE HITTERS ARE COMING ALONG, MAN. LIKE WE’RE JUST STARTING TO CATCH FIRE. YOU CAN TELL PUTTING ON 11 THE OTHER DAY ON CLEVELAND WAS AWESOME. AND I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY JUST JOINING THAT AND ADDING TO THAT. AND LAST THING FOR YOU, DO YOU CHANGE ANYTHING AFTER GOING THROUGH THESE I.L STINTS. DO YOU CHANGE ANYWAY? OR LIKE YOU SAID, I’M ROYCE, I GOT TO BE ROYCE. YEAH, YOU GOT TO BE ROYCE, RIGHT? BUT NO, I HONESTLY GROW EVERY SINGLE TIME I’VE GROWN, I’VE GOTTEN BETTER. WHETHER IT’S MENTAL, WHETHER IT’S PHYSICAL. AND IN THIS CASE, I FEEL LIKE IT’S JUST MENTAL. I JUST MISSED THE GAME. I LOVED IT, AND I STILL DO. AND I’M READY TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE. YEAH, LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES. HE BRINGS FUN TO THE BALLPARK. HE BRINGS FUN TO THE GAME. SO IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS TONIGHT. HE’LL BE BATTING FIFTH IN THE LINEUP AND HE’LL BE THE DESIGNATED HITTER, AS ROCCO BALDELLI DOESN’T WANT TO PUSH HIM TOO QUICKLY. BUT ROCCO MENTIONED PREGAME WHEN HE WAS MEETING WITH THE MEDIA THAT WHENEVER ROYCE COMES BACK OFF OF THESE INJURIES, SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENS A BIG HIT, A BIG PLAY IN THE FIELD, A HOME RUN, WHATEVER. IT SEEMS LIKE ROYCE ALWAYS MAKES AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT, AND EVEN GUYS LIKE DAN GLADDEN, WHO HAS TWO WORLD SERIES RINGS AND WAS CHATTING WITH US, HE SAID. THE BIG THING IS THAT ROYCE MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. HE DOESN’T WAIT FOR THE GAME TO COME TO HIM, AND SO HE’S EXPECTING BIG THINGS FROM HIM AS WELL. SO THAT’S ALL COMING UP
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