Crystal Ball: Max Kepler, Minnesota Twins

Back by popular demand: the Minor League Ball Crystal Ball, beginning with Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out.". The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one? Can you spot the free agent signings, the injuries, and the trades?

	Max Kepler
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	Age
2015	Twins	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.143	0.143	0.143	22
2016	Twins	111	389	51	91	19	2	17	63	42	92	0.234	0.309	0.424	23
2017	Twins	142	438	69	119	26	3	18	72	47	119	0.272	0.342	0.468	24
2018	Twins	159	597	83	144	29	4	22	86	70	129	0.241	0.321	0.414	25
2019	Twins	152	586	99	179	36	5	19	99	68	118	0.305	0.378	0.481	26
2020	Twins	137	445	75	132	33	4	20	88	59	95	0.297	0.379	0.524	27
2021	Twins	153	574	87	152	30	3	28	102	71	118	0.265	0.346	0.474	28
2022	Twins	149	529	90	155	31	2	25	96	68	121	0.293	0.374	0.501	29
2023	Twins	155	584	100	172	28	2	31	109	72	109	0.295	0.372	0.509	30
2024	Yankees	147	533	80	159	30	1	32	110	68	99	0.298	0.378	0.538	31
2025	Yankees	155	586	78	130	25	2	22	85	80	131	0.222	0.315	0.384	32
2026	Yankees	137	456	73	128	26	1	22	91	70	109	0.281	0.376	0.487	33
2027	Yankees	78	299	33	96	19	3	9	42	33	41	0.321	0.389	0.495	34
	Dodgers	71	244	35	60	11	1	10	38	27	61	0.246	0.321	0.422	34
2028	Dodgers	9	31	3	8	1	0	1	5	2	5	0.258	0.303	0.387	35
2029	Dodgers	102	238	23	52	8	0	8	20	26	38	0.218	0.295	0.353	36
2030	Orioles	129	326	51	89	15	1	11	33	27	59	0.273	0.329	0.426	37
2031	Twins	103	333	48	84	11	0	6	28	34	62	0.252	0.322	0.339	38

		2092	7195	1078	1951	378	34	301	1167	864	1506	0.271	0.349	0.459

Crystal Ball: Max Kepler, Minnesota Twins

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