Max KeplerARI · OF

2026 review

Max Kepler settled into a corner-outfield role for ARI, hitting .205/.262/.303 with a 22.1 K% and a 7.6 BB% over 145 PA, adding 27 H, 7 2B, 2 HR, 11 R, 15 RBI, 11 BB and 32 SO across 41 games and 36 starts. ARI signed him as a free agent Jun 7, then designated him for assignment Sep 6 and released him Sep 8. He played 4 games for 13 PA in Jun, 21 games for 76 PA in Jul, 14 games for 50 PA in Aug and 2 games for 6 PA in Sep. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 960, he finished 1230th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 65th of 93 left fielders. His .250 wOBA ran 20 points below his .270 xwOBA over 145 PA. By late Jun the TDK LABS card had him starting in left but only as the strong side of a platoon with contact that looked rusty; by early Jul it had him in an everyday corner-outfield role; by early Aug it still had him everyday despite a cold streak; by early Sep it had him sidelined after an extended cold spell.

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