MLB: Twins considering trade for German Max Kepler; Yankees, Red Sox, Braves interested

The Minnesota Twins had a disappointing 2022 campaign after winning their division two straight years and making the playoffs in three of their last four years, with a season of MLB in which they were forced to do changes before the deadline as José Berríos and Nelson Cruz. One of those who also rang to leave was the German Max Kepler, who ended up staying; however, he could still leave the organization.

According to information from Mark Polishuk of MLB Trade Rumors, the Twins would be looking for accommodation in another organization for the German once the MLB work stoppage ends, seeing that during the regular season there was interest from several teams in his services, among which were Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, Reds, Athletics among others.

Apparently, at least the Yankees, Red Sox and Braves would continue to look to Kepler as a contingency plan, since although the Berlin native naturally plays right field, he has also appeared at center and first base, being a bat higher. average and a great defensive player at a reasonable price.

After establishing himself as a starter in 2018 and with a 2019 campaign where he obtained votes for the MVP, the last two campaigns have been quite mediocre for the German, hitting just .216/.310/.420 in 2020 and 2021 with 28 homers in 686 plate appearances with just a 101 OPS+, with 100 being the average value.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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