Outfielder Max Kepler, who has played his entire professional baseball career in the Minnesota Twins organization, is now a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Yesterday, Kepler signed a 1-year contract worth $10 million contract and is expected to be the team's starting left fielder in 2025.
The German born Kepler, 31, signed with the Twins back in 2009 and reached the big-league club at the tail end of the 2015 season. His best overall season came in 2019 when he hit .252 with a career best 36 HR and 90 RBI. Kepler's offensive output has been inconsistent since then. In 2023, Kepler belted 24 HR with 66 RBI, but this past season fell to only 8 HR and 42 RBI.
It could either be the case that Kepler simply needed a change of scenery or that he is amid a decline as a big-league player. In 10 seasons with the Twins at the big-league level, Kepler played 1,072 games collecting 893 hits for a lifetime batting average of .237 with 161 HR and 508 RBI.
Whatever he does going forward, Kepler does have the distinction of being the best German born player to wear a big league uniform.
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