The Minnesota Twins have been producing young talent in the minors for years. Those players have made it to the majors with varying levels of success. While Byron Buxton struggles and Miguel Sano continues to mash, Max Kepler continues to show he is a productive big league player.
This season, Kepler has a slash line of .278/.354/.472 which is much higher than his numbers last season of .235/.309/.424. In 2016, Kepler showed he had sticking power in his 113 games with the Twins. The German product hit 17 home runs and drove in 63 runs along with posting 2.