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Max Kepler RFTwins

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Birth Date	2-10-1993
Height	6' 4"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	32 years, 2 months, 0 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: -0.02015
: 1.42016
: 0.92017
: 2.92018
: 1.92019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2015	MIN	22	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	67	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
2016	MIN	23	113	447	93	20	2	17	42	93	3	6	2	.235	.309	.424	101	1.4	0.9	3.5	1.4
2017	MIN	24	147	568	124	32	2	19	47	114	6	6	1	.243	.312	.425	90	-5.7	-2.2	5.4	0.9
2018	MIN	25	156	611	119	30	4	20	71	96	5	4	5	.224	.319	.408	102	3.6	2.7	8.9	2.9
2019	MIN	26	134	596	132	32	0	36	60	99	8	1	5	.252	.336	.519	126	22.7	-3.7	2.4	3.5
Career			553	2229	469	114	8	92	220	405	22	17	13	.238	.319	.444	105	21.8	-2.4	20.3	8.7

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2011	ELZ	Rk	APP	50	221	.259	.329	.402	.355	101	1	6.9	-1.9	86	0	-7.2	-0.7	-11.4	-1.4
2012	GER	int	WBQ	4	17	.000	.000	.000	.200			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	ELZ	Rk	APP	59	269	.258	.332	.386	.309	110	15.5	8.3	-0.6	152	0	-5.1	0.3	13.9	1.6
2013	CDR	A	MID	61	263	.263	.331	.391	.254	112	1.2	7.4	-2.9	106	0	0.4	-1.4	-1.1	0.2
2014	FTM	A+	FSL	102	407	.258	.325	.368	.304	99	5.7	11.9	-1.6	104	0	-8.8	-1.0	-5.4	-0.5
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	3	7	.256	.315	.411	.250	110	-1	0.2	-0.1	67	9	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2015	FTM	A+	FSL	6	26	.241	.294	.341	.316	95	0.5	0.7	-0.3	106	0	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0
2015	CHT	AA	SOU	112	482	.253	.329	.376	.359	104	36.5	12.9	-5.1	169	0	8.0	8.0	25.1	5.3
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	113	447	.255	.320	.418	.261	113	-3.5	12.6	-4.6	101	12	3.5	0.9	1.4	1.4
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	30	128	.258	.322	.388	.309	102	3.2	3.6	-1	116	0	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.7
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	147	568	.257	.324	.431	.276	109	-6.9	16.6	-5.6	90	8	5.4	-2.2	-5.7	0.9
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	156	611	.250	.319	.411	.236	104	0.2	17.1	-3.9	102	6	8.9	2.7	3.6	2.9
2019	MIN	MLB	AL	134	596	.254	.324	.438	.244	100	21	18.0	-3.3	126	5	2.4	-3.7	22.7	3.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2011	ELZ	Rk	APP	221	191	29	50	11	3	1	70	24	23	54	1	1	.262	.347	.366	.105	2	2
2012	GER	int	WBQ	17	14	4	2	0	1	0	4	4	3	4	0	0	.143	.294	.286	.143	0	0
2012	ELZ	Rk	APP	269	232	40	69	16	5	10	125	49	27	33	7	0	.297	.387	.539	.241	2	0
2013	CDR	A	MID	263	236	35	56	11	3	9	100	40	24	43	2	0	.237	.312	.424	.186	1	0
2014	FTM	A+	FSL	407	364	53	96	20	6	5	143	59	34	62	6	2	.264	.333	.393	.129	2
2015	CHT	AA	SOU	482	407	76	131	32	13	9	216	71	67	63	18	4	.322	.416	.531	.209	5	1
2015	FTM	A+	FSL	26	24	4	6	2	0	0	8	0	2	5	1	0	.250	.308	.333	.083	0	0
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.000	0	0
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	447	396	52	93	20	2	17	168	63	42	93	6	2	.235	.309	.424	.189	5	1
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	128	110	16	31	4	6	1	50	19	16	14	1	1	.282	.367	.455	.173	2	0
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	568	511	67	124	32	2	19	217	69	47	114	6	1	.243	.312	.425	.182	3	1
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	611	532	80	119	30	4	20	217	58	71	96	4	5	.224	.319	.408	.184	3	0
2019	MIN	MLB	AL	596	524	98	132	32	0	36	272	90	60	99	1	5	.252	.336	.519	.267	4	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	37	0.5405	0.5135	0.7895	0.7000	0.2941	0.8571	0.6000	0.2105
2016	1725	0.4765	0.4301	0.7911	0.5450	0.3256	0.9040	0.6190	0.2089
2017	2104	0.4857	0.4278	0.7756	0.5656	0.2976	0.8962	0.5590	0.2244
2018	2321	0.4778	0.4244	0.8203	0.6123	0.2525	0.9057	0.6307	0.1797
2019	2144	0.4827	0.4921	0.7972	0.6928	0.3048	0.9052	0.5680	0.2028
Career	8331	0.4811	0.4443	0.7969	0.6077	0.2927	0.9026	0.5939	0.2031

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-21	2014-07-29	Minors	8	0	-		Not Disclosed		-
2014-06-04	2014-06-19	Minors	15	0	-		Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	MIN	$
2016	MIN	$
2017	MIN	$547,500
2018	MIN	$587,500
2019	MIN	$6,000,000
2020	MIN	$6,250,000
2021	MIN	$6,500,000
2022	MIN	$6,750,000
2023	MIN	$8,500,000
2024	MIN	$10,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$45,135,000
8 yr	Total	$45,135,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 152 d	Apex	5 years/$35M (2019-23), 2024 option

Details

5 years/$35M (2019-23), plus 2024 club option. Signed extension with Minnesota 2/14/19. 19:$6M, 20:$6.25M, 21:$6.5M, 22:$6.75M, 23:$8.5M, 24:$10M club option ($1M buyout). 2024 option may increase based on awards in 2022-23 ($0.5M each for All Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, with a maximum increase of $1M). Award bonuses for top six finish in MVP vote, LCS MVP, WS MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, All Star selection. Perks: hotel suite on 2023-24 road trips. Extension replaced 1 year/$3.125M deal signed 1/11/19, avoiding arbitration. Minnesota exercised 2024 option 11/2/23.
1 year/$587,500 (2018). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/17.
1 year (2016). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/2/16.
1 year (2015). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/15.
1 year (2014). Contract selected by Minnesota 11/20/13. Re-signed by Minnesota 2/28/14.
Signed by Minnesota 2009 as an amateur free agent from Germany. $800,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA
90^o	43	9	2	1	4	7	.237	.326	.368	117	3.0	CF 0,
80^o	29	7	2	1	3	5	.269	.345	.462	111	1.8	CF 0,
70^o	19	5	1	1	2	3	.294	.368	.529	107	1.0	CF 0,
60^o	10	2	1	0	1	2	.222	.300	.333	104	0.5	CF 0,
50^o	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	100	0.1	CF 0,
Weighted Mean	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	101	0.1	CF 0,

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Date	Question	Answer
2020-02-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Have a bit of a roster crunch in my keep 8 league. Already planning to keep bellinger, Harper, Pete Alonso, rendon, Jose Ramirez and Jacob deGrom. Which three would you keep around from Eugenio Suarez, Ozzie Albies, Max Kepler, Starling Marte, Chris Sale, Trevor Bauer or Corey Kluber? Thanks! (Jon from Warshington )	It depends on league size and scoring. I also count 6 you plan to keep so not sure there is room for 3 in a keep 8 league. Regardless, I'll give you my top 2 plus a 3rd! (1) Albies, (2) Marte, and (3) Sale. I'd consider Suarez, but you are already keeping two 3B. (Jesse Roche)
2019-08-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Nelson Cruz the most undervalued player in fantasy? Good grief. (Jessica from NYC)	He's definitely undervalued, probably due to his age, but I'd currently give that award to either DJ LeMahieu or Cruz's teammate Max Kepler. (JP Breen)
2019-05-17 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Max Kepler in a dynasty league? Great article today, btw (AJ from Boston)	thanks for the kind words! There's a little more room for growth but I feel like what you see is mostly what you're going to get. (Mike Gianella)
2019-05-13 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you provide some explanation behind the decision to bat Marwin Gonzalez cleanup the other day? I know he's been hitting better the past 7-10 days, and a doubleheader was involved, but it still seems like there were several better candidates for that slot in the order. (Mike from Saint Paul)	Marwin Gonzalez hit cleanup yesterday against a left-handed pitcher. The hitters behind him in the Twins' lineup were C.J. Cron, Max Kepler, Ehire Adrianza, Jake Cave, and Byron Buxton. Kepler and Cave are lefties. Adrianza is a poor hitter. Buxton has hit ninth all year and has also often been a poor hitter. I suppose you could have flipped Gonzalez and Cron, but there's no real impact there. (Aaron Gleeman)
2019-05-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Of the players getting their first extended look at regular playing time who weren't huge prospects/names, are there any that you buy more than others? E.g. Voit, Christian Walker, Hunter Dozier, Yandy Diaz? Similarly, any of the hot start guys like Jorge Polanco, Josh Bell, or Max Kepler have you considering raising your idea of their "true talent" so to speak? (nschaef from NYC)	I'm buying into Voit and Diaz to varying extents and still in wait and see on Dozier. I'm not buying Walker doing this for an extended period but he's probably better than I ever gave him credit for. Voit I think has been pretty well explained, and I'd encourage you to read Lindsey Adler's recent piece on him in The Athletic. Diaz has always had particular skills, but he really needs to continue to move that launch angle up for me to keep buying it as it has been going. (Craig Goldstein)

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