The New York Yankees appear to be in buying mode with the trade deadline approaching next week, and they have been in contact with the Miami Marlins on center fielder Starling Marte, the Minnesota Twins on outfielder Max Kepler and the Colorado Rockies on Trevor Story, according to two sources. The Yankees have also focused on adding pitching. The Twins asking price on Kepler has been exorbitant, leading to suspicion that they aren't seriously considering trading him. The left-hander would help ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler belted a home run for the second straight contest in Wednesday's win over the White Sox. Kepler singled in his first at-bat, then later went yard, a 358-foot blast that left his bat at 97.6 MPH. The 28-year-old has tweaked something mechanically, leading to an increased launch angle and six home runs in July. Overall, Kepler is slashing .217/.306/.457 with 12 home runs, 37 RBI, 34 runs scored, and eight stolen bases in 221 at-bats. He should continue to be ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run, one RBI and a run scored in a 9-5 loss to the White Sox on Tuesday. He has been struggling overall at the plate over his last seven games, but has still managed to show some pop as he's slashing .174/.240/.435 with two home runs, one steal, three RBI and two runs scored. It's starting to look more and more like Kepler's 2019 campaign may have been a fluke, as his .212 average and .742 OPS over 61 games this year marks the ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler put together a strong line in Tuesday''s defeat at the hands of the White Sox. Kepler homered in his first at-bat, then later singled and stole second base. His round-tripper traveled 406 feet at 105.4 MPH, with the single also exceeding 104 MPH off the bat. Kepler has posted the worst strikeout rate of his career since his rookie year, though his batted ball data suggests he's been unlucky to accumulate just a .212 batting average thus far. Kepler should ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 12-9 win over the Detroit Tigers. Kepler's homer left his bat at 100.1 MPH with a .510 expected batting average. The lefty slugger is now up to 10 homers and seven stolen bases on the season, with some solid Statcast metrics to support his actual numbers. With Byron Buxton (hand) sidelined for the foreseeable future, Kepler should see his fair share of time in the Twins' outfield, making him a solid OF3 ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI in Friday's victory over the Detroit Tigers. Kepler plated a pair of runs in a four-run frame for the Twins in the bottom of the sixth and added another hit for his second straight multi-hit game. Kepler is now batting .375 with five extra-base hits, six RBI, and six runs scored in 24 July at-bats. His launch angle is starting to look more like it did in 2019 when he posted breakout power numbers. Kepler should be a ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three runs scored, and three RBI in Monday's 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Kepler launched a two-run homer in the second inning, then later added an insurance run to the Minnesota lead with a solo shot in the eighth inning. He has now left the yard three times in his last two games, giving him nine round-trippers on the season to go along with seven stolen bases. Despite his increase in strikeouts, Kepler is ...

Minnesota Twins outfielders Trevor Larnach and Max Kepler will take a seat on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals and left-hander Danny Duffy. Alex Kirilloff is in right field and is batting cleanup, while Luis Arraez gets the start in left field while hitting eighth in the batting order. In his first major league season, Larnach is hitting .248/.351/.409 with five home runs and 14 RBI in 45 games. In the last two weeks, he's hitting just .220 (9-for-41) with 14 strikeouts and one ...

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler is absent from Thursday's lineup for the contest against the Chicago White Sox. Kepler is in the midst of a 1-for-14 slide at the plate, so hopefully, the day off serves him well in breaking out of that slump. Gilberto Celestino will draw the start in center field and bat eighth against White Sox lefty Carlos Rodon. Despite hitting two home runs in June, Celestino is hitless in his other 37 at-bats in June, leaving him off the fantasy radar.

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler collected an RBI double in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Kepler broke an 0-for-8 stretch in the seventh inning, doubling in a run to make the score 7-4. The hit traveled at 101.3 MPH and was just his second extra-base hit since returning from the injured list. Kepler is registering the highest barrel rate of his career and a fly-ball rate in line with his career averages, though the power numbers- six home runs in 163 at-bats- haven't been ...