The Seattle Mariners-produced documentary about outfielder Kyle Lewis’s journey from first-round draft pick through a devastating knee injury to become 2020 American League Rookie of the Year will air on Tuesday, January 26 at 9:00pm on ROOT SPORTS.

Kyle Lewis: Writing My Own Story features insightful interviews with Lewis, his parents, high school coach, and the trainer who helped him get in top condition for the start of the 2020 season, among others.

The program tells the story of how Lewis overcame adversity and setbacks at every step on his baseball journey that began as a top-rated prospect out of Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia. Lewis speaks frankly about his struggles on the field during college and dealing with the perception of professional scouts that his hitting lacked power despite his ranking as Baseball America’s 2016 College Player of the Year.

Just 30 games into his professional career with the Everett AquaSox, Lewis suffered a devastating knee injury with tears to his ACL, lateral meniscus and medial meniscus and partial tear to the medial collateral ligament. The program chronicles Lewis’s long and grueling road to recovery.

By Spring Training 2019, finally healthy, Lewis was invited to the Mariners Major League Camp. Years of struggle paid off and his potential finally began to be fulfilled. During his Major League debut on September 10, 2019, Lewis hit a home run in his second at-bat.

Lewis was unanimously selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America members as 2020 American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year, becoming the fourth Mariners player to win the award after Alvin Davis (1984), Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).

For fans unable to watch the January 26 broadcast on ROOT SPORTS can stream the program on demand via the Mariners YouTube channel.