Maximilian

Kepler

LFAge : 33Bats : L

#22

Max Kepler

#22LFArizona Diamondbacks

Height : 6' 4" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2015-09-27

Born in : Berlin, Germany

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	41	132	27	2	15	.205	.565
2025	Philadelphia Phillies	127	417	90	18	52	.216	.691
2024	Minnesota Twins	105	368	93	8	42	.253	.682
2023	Minnesota Twins	130	438	114	24	66	.260	.816
2022	Minnesota Twins	115	388	88	9	43	.227	.666
2021	Minnesota Twins	121	426	90	19	54	.211	.719
2020	Minnesota Twins	48	171	39	9	23	.228	.760
2019	Minnesota Twins	134	524	132	36	90	.252	.855
2018	Minnesota Twins	156	532	119	20	58	.224	.727
2017	Minnesota Twins	147	511	124	19	69	.243	.737
2016	Minnesota Twins	113	396	93	17	63	.235	.733
2015	Minnesota Twins	3	7	1	0	0	.143	.286
Career totals		1240	4310	1010	181	575	.234	.735

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.4 M$
AAV: 0.40 M$

2026
0.40 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.250

xwOBA

.270

OPS

.565

AVG

.205

OBP

.262

RBI

145

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-1.0

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-11)

20232.7 WAR · 3.3 per full season
20241.0 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20250.5 WAR · 0.6 per full season
2026-0.5 WAR

Outlook, age included

-26 · 33 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 72
POW: Power; 77
EYE: Eye; 74
SPD: Speed; 71
FLD: Fielding; 77
DUR: Durability; 56
EX: Experience; 87

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.5

PAL Rating

9 / 100

Value Rating

17 / 100

Surplus $-5.6M · salary $0.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense7

Power35

Discipline39

Speed55

Defense45

WAR, in runs

Batting-8.1

Baserunning+0.7

Fielding-0.5

Positional-1.9

Replacement+4.4

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

88.7 mi/h

43th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.7 mi/h

50th percentile

Barrels

7.8 %

51th percentile

Hard-hit

39.2 %

44th percentile

xBA

.211

6th percentile

Bat speed

71.7 mi/h

46th percentile

Sprint speed

27.2 pi/s

46th percentile

Outs above average

58th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	AZ	-0.5	9	75	88.7	110.7	7.8	39.2	.211
2025	PHI	0.5	44	82	90.8	111.8	11.6	44.7	.243
2024	MIN	1.0	37	84	88.9	115.4	6.2	36.8	.243
2023	MIN	2.7	88	89	91.9	111.7	12.2	47.9	.266
2022	MIN	1.6	76	90	89.1	113.8	7.1	39.9	.264
2021	MIN	2.2	77	88	89.8	110.8	10.8	42.5	.248

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 5	@ HOU	4	0	0	2	.205
Sep 4	@ HOU	2	0	0	0	.211
Aug 29	@ SF	4	1	0	1	.214
Aug 27	@ SF	4	1	0	0	.213
Aug 25	vs CHC	4	0	0	1	.212
Aug 24	vs CHC	3	1	0	0	.219
Aug 19	@ BOS	0	0	0	0	.216
Aug 16	@ ATL	4	1	0	1	.216
Aug 15	@ ATL	5	1	0	2	.215
Aug 12	vs COL	4	2	1	0	.216