Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	‐
VBR	# 106	‐

Projections

Runs	20	‐
Home Runs	7	‐
RBI	22	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.244	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 133	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	292	‐

Runs	39	‐

Hits	68	‐

Singles	39	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	10	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	31	‐

Strikeouts	80	‐

Batting Average	.233	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.425	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	22	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.308	‐

Slugging Pct	.435	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 loss to the Mariners on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a solo home run, a run scored, and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-5 in an 11-8 win over the Athletics with a run scored, one RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Royce Lewis went 0-for-2 in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Athletics with two walks, two stolen bases, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for Royce Lewis (2026)

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