{"playerId":4344,"percentChange":-2.9,"averageDraftPosition":211.5,"percentOwned":34.8,"playerRaterSEASON":1.9,"playerRater7DAY":-0.1,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Kepler went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-2 loss against Detroit.","spin":"Kepler cut the deficit to one in the eighth inning by hitting a ball over the fence in right field, but the Twins would ultimately drop the series finale. After batting .258 with five homers and 12 RBI in July (26 games), Kepler is hitting .242 with two home runs and three RBI through 11 August games, so he appears to be cooling down at the dish. He owns a .232/.321/.422 slash line with 15 homers and 44 RBI through 114 tilts in 2018.","date":"Sun Aug 12"},"fullName":"Max Kepler","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Kepler has been an immensely streaky player in his brief time in the majors, exemplified by his having a sub-.275 wOBA in two months and a .350-plus wOBA in two other months of 2017. There are two reasons for this: The Twins have, to this point, regarded him an everyday player despite his .176/.242/.279 career slash rates and 27.7 percent strikeout rate against left-handed pitchers, and he struggled mightily against breaking balls, batting just .147 against them last season. That the team has been so patient through Kepler's development is a plus, but he needs to show something during spring training in order to make himself more than a \"last man in your mixed league outfield\" pick.","seasonId":2018,"date":"Tue Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":1.8,"playerRater15DAY":0.8,"positionRank":64}