Catch Up With The Players Project: Royce Lewis, Bobby Darwin, & Jason Kubel

Two weeks ago we launched the Minnesota Twins Players Project. We're nearing 50 players added to the project, let's look at some of the most popular of the past week.

What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-style project that focuses on Twins players of all stripes. It's open to all Twins Daily users and we've had contributions for current players, past players, and players who never even made the major leagues but played in the Twins farm system.

1. Royce Lewis
Kudos to @CoasterProductions for being the first person courageous enough to add a popular and/or great Twins player. Up until the creation of Lewis, no one had created a page for a player of his caliber. That means we still need someone to create pages for current greats like Byron Buxton, Pablo Lopez or Carlos Correa and past greats like Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, Rod Carew, etc... *hint hint*

Unsurprisingly, the moment the Lewis page was created, it became wildly popular with users, collecting nearly 1,000 reads. But the page could use more video, trivia, and biography information. Feel up to the task?

2. Bobby Darwin
While I love seeing people collect cool videos for current Twins players, guys like Darwin are what really got me invested in this project. Did you know that Bobby Darwin received a single MLB plate appearance with the Angels at age 19 and then didn't make another MLB appearance for seven more years? That's the kind of oddity that I love about this project.

Props to @Greglw3 for digging up such an interesting tidbit on Darwin.

3. Jason Kubel
Man, what could have been with Kubel. Once a pretty athletic corner outfielder on the cusp of being an MLB All-Star, he grenaded his knee in the Arizona Fall League and was almost immediately relegated to designated hitter duties for the rest of his career. Still, who doesn't remember that grand slam against Mo Rivera?

While I created Kubel's page myself, a thanks goes out to @MMMordabito for coming back around and adding some interesting trivia I had forgotten, such as the fact that Kubel hit the first home run at Target Field!

 The Minnesota Twins Players Project is open to all Twins Daily users. If you're a Twins history buff or just want to dive into the background of your favorite player, come on board!

Are you interested in Twins history? Then check out the Minnesota Twins Players Project, a community-driven project to discover and collect great information on every player to wear a Twins uniform!