Max Kepler
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Maximilian Kepler-Rózycki (born February 10, 1993) is a German professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. (MLB).
In 2015, he made his MLB debut.
He played for Buchbinder Regensburg of Bundesliga before signing with the Twins.
He is left-handed.
Early life
Kepler was born in Berlin, Germany. Kathy Kepler and Marek Rósycki's parents, both classical ballet dancers, met in Berlin when they first appeared in the same ballet company. His mother is from San Antonio, Texas, while his father is from Poland. He has just one sibling.
Kepler started playing baseball at the Little League in Berlin at the age of six, with the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin. Despite receiving a scholarship to the Steffi Graf Tennis Foundation at the age of seven, he decided to play baseball. In Regensburg, Kepler attended John F. Kennedy School and the St. Emmeram Academy, where he was able to participate in baseball longer than the average American teenager. He competed for amateur football with Hertha BSC and played baseball for Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg of Germany's highest baseball league.
Personal life
Abby Dahlkemper, an American soccer player, had a previous friendship with him.
MLB career
The Twins promoted Kepler to the major leagues on September 21, 2015, the night after the Lookouts won the Southern League championship. He made his major league debut on September 27, 2015 and recorded his first hit on October 4, 2015. After Donald Lutz, Kepler is the second German-developed player to play in modern MLB.
The Twins assigned Kepler to the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League to start the 2016 season. After playing in two games for Rochester, the Twins promoted him to the major leagues to replace the injured Danny Santana on April 10, 2016. Fifteen days later, Kepler was optioned to Rochester. On June 1, 2016, Kepler was recalled to replace the injured Miguel Sanó, and he began getting regular starts for the Twins in right field. The next day, Kepler had his first multiple-hit game, and on June 12, Kepler swatted his first major league home run, a walk-off three-run shot in the 10th inning off of Matt Barnes of the Boston Red Sox. On August 1 against the Cleveland Indians, Kepler became the first European-born MLB player to hit three home runs in one game and the fifth Twins player to do so after Bob Allison, Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, and Justin Morneau. On August 8, 2016, Kepler was named co-American League Player of the Week, his first time receiving that honor, alongside teammate Joe Mauer.
Kepler started opening day 2017 against the Kansas City Royals, and collected a hit in his first at bat. In a game against the Chicago White Sox on August 31, Kepler came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded. Opposing pitcher Juan Minaya threw a slider inside and Kepler got hit by the pitch and became the second player in Twins history to have a walk-off hit-by-pitch. It gave the Twins their 20th win in August. Kepler finished the year with career highs in games played, with 147, batting average of .243, home runs with 19, and 69 RBIs. In 2018, Kepler had a batting average of .224 and hit 20 home runs with 58 RBIs in 156 games. His 20 home runs and 156 games played were both career highs.
Kepler signed a 5-year, $35 million contract on February 14, 2019. He won his second American League Player of the Week award for the week of May 26th, he led the MLB that week in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage with a line of .571/.600/1.190. He had his second career three-home-run game against the Cleveland Indians on June 6; all three home runs came against starting pitcher Trevor Bauer. In a game against the Indians on July 13, Kepler hit two home runs in his first two at bats against opposing starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, those two home runs were the fourth and fifth straight home runs hit against Bauer in consecutive at bats. This was the first time in MLB history that a batter hit a home run in five consecutive at bats against the same pitcher during a single season. On August 16, 2019 Kepler hit his 33rd home run of the season, setting an MLB record for home runs in a single season by a European-born player, passing former Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson. He batted .252/.336/.519, and set career highs in home runs, runs, and hits, and he also led the major leagues in pull percentage (53.4%), and finished 20th in MVP voting.
Kepler started 2020 by hitting a home run on the first pitch of the season against the Chicago White Sox, following that with another home run in his second at bat. He became the second player to hit a home run in the first two innings in a season following Ted Kluszewski of the Angels (April 11, 1961). Overall, Kepler finished with a .228 average with 9 home runs and 23 RBI in 48 games during the 60-game season.
In 2021, he batted .157 against left-handers, the lowest batting average in the major leagues.
During the 2022 season, Kepler was restricted from playing a three-games series against the Toronto Blue Jays due to his decision to not receive the COVID-19 vaccination.