Max Kepler

Bats L Throws L6'4" 225 lbBorn 1993 Berlin, GermanyDebut 2015Team ARI

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 85.5FIELD+ 100.4 at LFTotal 0.30 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	327	290	67	14	1	12	31	66	2	0.232	0.310	0.406	0.716	0.174	0.313	20.3	9.4	98.6	0.96
2027	228	203	47	10	0	7	21	48	1	0.231	0.307	0.393	0.699	0.162	0.306	20.9	9.1	94.2	0.55

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 80 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Sam West	1937	103.6	100.5	567
2	Johnny Wyrostek	1952	102.1	84.1	452
3	Jacque Jones	2007	98.4	17.1	134
4	David Murphy	2014	101.4	99.3	388
5	Josh Reddick	2019	105.9	88.0	209
6	Owen Wilson	1916	100.2	did not play
7	Ducky Holmes	1901	101.3	79.0	404
8	Alex Gordon	2016	110.3	62.3	541
9	Curt Walker	1929	109.3	110.6	547
10	Bruce Campbell	1942	107.6	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			228		47	10	0	7		1	21	48	0.231	0.307	0.393	0.699	94.2
2026*	ARI	35	124	10	24	7	0	2		0	11	28	0.216	0.282	0.333	0.616	65.4
2025	PHI	127	474	58	90	19	0	18	52	3	48	93	0.216	0.300	0.391	0.691	86.0
2024	MIN	105	398	43	93	21	1	8	42	1	22	80	0.253	0.302	0.380	0.682	89.5
2023	MIN	130	491	72	114	22	2	24	66	1	45	106	0.260	0.332	0.484	0.816	121.3
2022	MIN	115	446	54	88	18	1	9	43	3	49	66	0.227	0.318	0.348	0.666	96.2
2021	MIN	121	490	61	90	21	4	19	54	10	54	96	0.211	0.306	0.413	0.719	97.7
2020	MIN	48	196	27	39	9	0	9	23	3	22	36	0.228	0.321	0.439	0.760	108.7
2019	MIN	134	596	98	132	32	0	36	90	1	60	99	0.252	0.336	0.519	0.855	122.2
2018	MIN	156	611	80	119	30	4	20	58	4	71	96	0.224	0.319	0.408	0.727	97.4
2017	MIN	147	568	67	124	32	2	19	69	6	47	114	0.243	0.312	0.425	0.737	95.8
2016	MIN	113	447	52	93	20	2	17	63	6	42	93	0.235	0.309	0.424	0.734	98.8
2015	MIN	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286	-38.8
Career		1199	4724	612	983	224	16	179	560	38	460	882	0.235	0.316	0.425	0.741	101.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	124	88.9	20.4	8.2	41.2	24.6	37.1	0.203	0.342	0.275	27.2
2025	474	90.8	16.3	11.6	44.7	23.5	26.7	0.243	0.443	0.332	27.0
2024	399	88.9	16.8	6.2	36.8	24.4	30.4	0.243	0.384	0.302	26.8
2023	491	91.9	14.7	12.2	47.9	19.8	24.8	0.266	0.507	0.362	27.4
2022	446	89.1	11.2	7.1	39.9	20.0	23.7	0.264	0.428	0.342	27.8
2021	490	89.8	16.3	10.8	42.5	23.0	20.7	0.248	0.453	0.345	27.4
2020	196	88.5	22.2	5.2	38.2	21.2	24.2	0.258	0.425	0.340	28.0
2019	596	89.7	18.2	10.0	42.1	20.2	27.8	0.259	0.458	0.343	27.7
2018	611	89.5	16.3	7.3	38.2	17.8	21.0	0.233	0.404	0.324	27.9
2017	568	88.7	13.2	4.5	36.7	22.5	26.9	0.244	0.375	0.302	28.0
2016	447	89.7	8.5	4.3	37.5	20.9	28.9	0.241	0.352	0.295	28.1
2015	7	91.1	2.8	0.0	25.0	21.1	33.3	0.108	0.114	0.101

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	OF	139	1008	208	2	1	0	0.995
2024	MIN	OF	103	806	172	4	0	1	1.000
2023	MIN	OF	124	972	220	3	1	0	0.996
2022	MIN	OF	110	900	225	5	2	1	0.991
2021	MIN	OF	114	950	215	5	0	1	1.000
2020	MIN	OF	46	380	74	2	1	0	0.987
2019	MIN	OF	130	1111	277	4	0	2	1.000
2018	MIN	OF	150	1276	327	7	1	2	0.997
2018	MIN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	MIN	OF	143	1155	290	7	2	3	0.993
2016	MIN	OF	112	928	224	9	7	4	0.971
2016	MIN	1B	2	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2015	MIN	OF	2	10	3	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	24	0 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.708
2016	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	128	1 HR, 1 SB	0.282	0.822
2015	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	482	9 HR, 18 SB	0.322	0.947
2015	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	26	0 HR, 1 SB	0.250	0.641
2014	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	407	5 HR, 6 SB	0.264	0.726
2013	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	263	9 HR, 2 SB	0.237	0.736
2012	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	269	10 HR, 7 SB	0.297	0.926
2011	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	221	1 HR, 1 SB	0.262	0.713
2010	Rk	GCL Twins	Bat	153	0 HR, 6 SB	0.286	0.689

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.358	0.261	0.273	0.268
2025	0.276	0.310	0.325	0.286
2024	0.313	0.320	0.348	0.283
2023	0.347	0.363	0.393	0.331
2022	0.327	0.306	0.309	0.315
2021	0.242	0.347	0.314	0.324
2020	0.202	0.405	0.402	0.308
2019	0.377	0.374	0.363	0.386

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	4	12	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	0.167	0.333	0.417	0.750
2023	6	23	1	5	2	0	0	1	10	0.217	0.250	0.304	0.554
2020	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.000	0.375	0.000	0.375
2019	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0.000	0.231	0.000	0.231
2017	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.333	0.500	0.667	1.167
Career	16	53	5	8	4	1	1	11	16	0.151	0.297	0.264	0.561