Im sure most here are aware that Royce Lewis strained his hamstring last night during the Twins vs. Reds game. It looked like he may have been a bit hobbled running to first earlier in the game, but returned to hit in the 8th inning. During the at bat, he appeared to aggravate the hamstring and had to leave the game. The Twins are calling this a day-to-day injury at this point.

In 2018, Dr. Chris Camp (the Twins Head Team Physician) and others published the following report:

This article and it's appendices give us great information about a wide range of different injuries to MLB and MiLB players over a period of several years. The injuries in this article span from 2011-2016 (as noted above), so there may be some changes over the past handful of seasons. But I believe the information is still relatively valuable.

Here is what it has to say about Hamstring Strains (which happen to be the #1 most common injury during this time period):

You can see the mean number of days missed is 14.5, with the median at 9. The majority of these occur while running (56%).

Here is some additional context:

Certainly unfortunate for Lewis and the Twins. The have 13 days until a likely playoff opener on 10/3. Let's cross our fingers and hope Royce is ready to go.

(Cover photo credit Jeff Dean, Associated Press)