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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Not in Sunday's lineup

  Rotowire Mar 29, 2026

  Lee is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports. Lee has gone 0-for-6 with three strikeouts in the first two games of the season and will head to the bench for the series finale in Baltimore. Tristan Gray will take over at shortstop Sunday for the Twins.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Hitting for averge this spring

  Rotowire Mar 23, 2026

  Lee went 2-for-4 in Monday's spring training win over Boston. He's hitting .308 (16-for-52) with a .743 OPS this spring. Lee looks set to begin the season as the everyday shortstop. He was underwhelming at the plate last year in his sophomore season with a .655 OPS, though he did hit 16 home runs. He has a good eye at the plate and makes excellent contact (just a 17.5 K%) but struggles to generate power (just a a 28.0% hard-hit rate). It's not clear if he'll have the glove to stick at shortstop as he was -8 in Defensive Runs Saved last season, so it's a big season for Lee to show he can be a building block for the next Twins playoff team.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Leading candidate for shortstop

  Rotowire Feb 10, 2026

  Lee is the favorite to start at shortstop for the Twins but must show improved range and more consistent offense, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports. Lee took over as the everyday shortstop last season after Carlos Correa was traded, but he struggled at the position defensively. The Twins have very little depth behind Lee at shortstop, so they have little choice but to throw him out there and hope for improvement with the glove. If Lee falters, Ryan Kreidler and Orlando Arcia would be next in line at shortstop for Minnesota.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Not starting Game 1

  Rotowire Sep 20, 2025

  Lee isn't in the lineup for the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Lee will grab a seat on the bench to begin Saturday's twin bill after going 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts Friday. Ryan Fitzgerald will start at shortstop and bat seventh for the Twins.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Not in Tuesday's lineup

  Rotowire Sep 16, 2025

  Lee is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees. Lee has a .178/.240/.289 slash line through 13 games in September and will take a seat Tuesday after starting the previous four contests. Ryan Fitzgerald will instead start at shortstop and bat eighth versus New York righty Cam Schlittler.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Day off Wednesday

  Rotowire Sep 10, 2025

  Lee is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Angels. Lee went hitless in the first two games of the series and has gone just 6-for-42 across his last 11 tilts, so he'll get a breather in Wednesday's finale. Ryan Fitzgerald will occupy shortstop and bat eighth for the Twins.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Getting breather Thursday

  Rotowire Sep 4, 2025

  Lee is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the White Sox. Lee is receiving a well-earned day of rest after starting each of the previous 20 contests for the Twins. Ryan Fitzgerald will fill in at shortstop in Lee's stead.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Not in Tuesday's lineup

  Rotowire Aug 12, 2025

  Lee is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees. Lee started the previous 11 games but will receive a day off after batting .150 (6-for-40) during that stretch. Ryan Fitzgerald will take over at shortstop Tuesday for Minnesota.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Homers in win

  Rotowire Aug 6, 2025

  Lee went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Tigers. Lee scored on a wild pitch in the second inning before tying the game with a 430-foot blast in the fourth. The big night came at a good time, as the 24-year-old had entered Wednesday in a 1-for-21 slump since homering twice July 29 versus Boston. For the season, he's slashing .245/.288/.376 with 11 home runs, 44 RBI, 30 runs scored and two steals across 354 plate appearances.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Takes over shortstop duties

  Rotowire Aug 2, 2025

  Lee went 1-for-3 with a run scored in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Guardians. Lee had been serving in a utility infield role in recent weeks, but he's poised to serve as the Twins' everyday shortstop moving forward after Carlos Correa was traded to Houston on Thursday. While seeing sporadic playing time for much of July, Lee slashed just .164/.219/.269 with two home runs, 11 RBI, four runs and one stolen base on the month.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Rips two homers

  Rotowire Jul 29, 2025

  Lee went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in Tuesday's loss to Boston. Lee came off the bench for Carlos Correa (illness) and delivered an offensive outburst. Lee put the Twins on the board with an RBI single in the fifth inning before knocking a pair of two-run homers in the seventh and ninth frames. It was his first career multi-homer performance and snapped a 23-game homer drought. During that skid, he went 11-for-70 (.157). Lee's five-RBI day matched his total from the previous 17 games combined. He's now slashing .256/.294/.387 with 20 extra-base hits and 43 RBI through 326 plate appearances.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Playing time tailing off

  Rotowire Jul 23, 2025

  Lee will start at shortstop and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Though he'll be included in the lineup Wednesday while Carlos Correa rests for a day game after a night game, Lee was on the bench for each of the previous three contests and appears to have moved into more of a utility infield role for Minnesota while he's slashed just .111/.163/.133 since the beginning of July. A more consistent role could reopen for Lee if the Twins look to trade pending free agents such as Willi Castro, Harrison Bader and Ty France ahead of the July 31 deadline.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Exiting starting nine

  Rotowire Jul 9, 2025

  Lee is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Cubs. Lee will grab a seat Wednesday after starting both of the previous two contests at second base for the Twins. Willi Castro will receive the start at the keystone and will bat second.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Back in lineup Sunday

  Rotowire Jul 6, 2025

  Lee will start at second base and bat fifth in Sunday's game against the Rays. The Twins sent Lee to the bench for the previous two contests, but he came up big in a reserve role Saturday, going 1-for-2 with a walk-off RBI bunt single in a 6-5 win. Lee will rejoin the starting nine for the series finale, but he'll likely need to raise his production at the plate to ensure he maintains a regular spot in the lineup over Harrison Bader, who will head to the bench after making four straight starts. Over his last seven games, Lee has gone 3-for-19 with no walks and seven strikeouts, bringing his slash line down to .272/.306/.402 for the season.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Getting night off

  Rotowire Jun 25, 2025

  Lee is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners. Willi Castro (wrist) will return to the lineup after a three-game absence and will fill in at third base for Lee, who will take a seat for the first time since June 10. While starting in each of Minnesota's last 13 games, Lee slashed .373/.385/.529 with two home runs and eight RBI. Though he'll likely see most of his starts at third base while Royce Lewis (hamstring) is on the shelf, the hot-hitting Lee could move over to the keystone to maintain a regular spot in the lineup once Lewis is ready to return from the injured list.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Accounts for team's only runs

  Rotowire Jun 15, 2025

  Lee went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a loss to the Astros on Saturday. Minnesota's offense was held to three hits in the contest, but Lee kept the game close with his two-run blast off Hunter Brown in the fifth inning. The long ball extended Lee's hitting streak to 14 games, and he's batting .321 (18-for-56) with two homers, nine RBI, seven runs and a stolen base over that span. With Royce Lewis (hamstring) headed for the injured list, Lee should be set for an everyday role at third base for at least the short-term.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Extends hitting streak to 10

  Rotowire Jun 8, 2025

  Lee went 2-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's 6-3 win over Toronto. Lee tied things up at 3-3 in the fourth inning when he took Bowden Francis deep to right field for a solo home run. During his 10-game hit streak, Lee has slashed .317/.349/.415 with one steal and six RBI across 43 plate appearances. His strong play at the plate should keep Lee in the Twins' starting lineup even with multiple players returning from the injured list.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Belts first homer off bench in win

  Rotowire Apr 15, 2025

  Lee went 1-for-2 with a solo home run Tuesday against the Mets. The former top prospect replaced the injured Carlos Correa (wrist) in the fifth inning, later belting a solo shot in the seventh inning to put the Twins in front 6-3. The status of Correa remains uncertain going forward, and Lee could be primed for more playing time until the former is ready to rejoin the lineup. Through three outings so far this year, Lee has gone 2-for-7 with the aforementioned long ball, two RBI, one walk and one run scored.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Returns from IL

  Rotowire Apr 13, 2025

  The Twins reinstated Lee (back) from the 10-day injured list Sunday. Minnesota optioned Jose Miranda to Triple-A St. Paul to open up a spot on the active roster for Lee, who began the season on the shelf while recovering from a lumbar strain. After going 4-for-13 with a walk over four rehab games between Single-A Fort Myers and St. Paul, Lee looks healthy again and could push Edouard Julien for an everyday role in the Minnesota infield. At the very least, the switch-hitting Lee will be an option to replace the left-handed-hitting Julien when the Twins face left-handed pitching.

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• Twins' Brooks Lee: Starts up rehab assignment

  Rotowire Apr 6, 2025

  Lee (back) went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and played seven innings at shortstop Sunday in his first rehab game with Single-A Fort Myers. A lumbar strain forced Lee to the 10-day injured list prior to Opening Day, but now that he's started up a rehab assignment, he could be ready to make his return to the Twins around the middle of April. Expect Lee to eventually shift his assignment to Triple-A St. Paul, and he'll likely get some exposure to two or three different infield spots before Minnesota signs off on him making his MLB season debut. Second base or third base look to be Lee's most likely avenues to seeing consistent at-bats with the big club, as both Jose Miranda and Edouard Julien have gotten off to slow starts to the season at the plate.

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