BREAKING: Twins to Promote Kyler Fedko for Major-League Debut

[Danchat]

Took them a bit, but they finally replaced Outman with Fedko. I'm cheering for Kyler, and hoping he can overcome the AAAA expectations.

[killercarewoliva]

4 hours ago, GopherMike said:

Absolutely love this move. He's R5 eligible and they need to see if he's worth protecting now. 

Arcia was solid, and deserves to be picked up by somebody, but betewen Gray and Kreidler having a 3rd SS is just unecessary. 

Gray has had some good timely hits but the defense even getting into base path of a runner. I don't see Arcia being DFA'd at all. he is simply a former All-Star who can still hold his own on defense and at the plate. I was very surprised to see he was the one picked to go.

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, Matthew Trueblood said:

Hey that's right! It *IS* Culpepper's butt that is injured!

No, on Twitter it says he has glute tightn- ... oh, I see what you did there.

[DJL44]

Saw this on mlbtraderumors and thought it was worth cross posting 

Monkey’s Uncle

June 14, 2026

Those of us who grew up in the Pittsburgh area might recognize the last name… Kyler’s father John was a longtime sports reporter on the local NBC affiliate known primarily for his weekly blooper/highlight reel called “The Fedko Zone”. And Kyler looks like a mini-version of John. Congrats to the whole family.

[JD-TWINS]

3 hours ago, RpR said:

Then why was he removed for a ninth inning defense replacement the last two games?

Because I specifically said he was getting better OFFENSIVELY……. don’t think he’ll ever be much, if any better than Julien, defensively. He gets to more balls than Eddie but he doesn’t make better plays.

[dxpavelka]

6 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

He will certainly start tomorrow against Gore.

After that it's 5 Right Handers in a row and then back to back left handers to start the Dodgers series. 

I'd hate to see him just watching for 5 in a row but... I worry that you might be right. 

Congrats to Kyler... The phone call home must have contained a lot of woo-hoo's. 

Given that the average MLB starting pitcher throws less than 6 innings and that teams will tend to throw some lefties out of the bullpen against our predominantly left handed lineup I'd not worry too much and would expect to see Fedko get into at least three of those 5 games and get at least 5 total plate appearance in that stretch.  Maybe even one start against a righty who might be known to not dominate right handed hitters.

[JADBP]

6 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

After Kreidler’s two big hits and outstanding play at SS, they saw they had a clear platoon at SS & they’ll probably lean toward Kreidker more often……… he’s a decent back-up for Buxton once every 8-9 games as well.

Martin/Clemens in RF with Fedko/Larnach in LF ………. Arcia & Outman gone …… making progress.

Arcia played well enough, but Keaschall seems to be getting his act together offensively, a little at a time. Lewis may get reps at 2B to spell Keaschall OR Clemens at 2B and leave Royce alone at 1B.

Yes let’s just leave Royce alone at 1B!!!! He’s happy, he’s doing well and he’s working hard and learning.  Don’t fiddle with him now!!! Might mess him up again!  Cheers to stability. 

[JADBP]

6 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Low bar for outstanding play. The bar apparently starts at "below average" -1 DRS, -1 OAA with a .952 fielding percentage. Don't get me wrong, he's almost certainly going to be better than Brooks Lee, and that's been the bar recently, lol.

Keaschall is struggling with everything, and I don't see the improvement you're seeing, but I don't think it's a bad thing the Twins are giving him a long leash. I feel like they've been too quick to demote players over the past few years rather than letting the players work though stuff.

Huh? You mean like Outman, Lewis, Wallner, Travis Adams, Klein or EEEK Manual Margot?  Some of these guys should have never been on the team!  
 

I’d say just the opposite.  This year the Twins are FINALLY holding players accountable.

I can see Shelton saying “Don’t care how good you think you are, Mr Wallner (or Lewis), you’re going to AAA and you won’t be back until you have earned it!”