Kyler John Fedko...Instagram: @kylerfedko...X: @KylerFedko4...played prep ball for four seasons for Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh, Pa....helped lead Vincentian Academy to two PIAA state baseball titles (2016, 2018)…2018 USA Today, Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report Pennsylvania HS Player of the Year...2018 MaxPreps HS All-American...2018 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1A Player of the Year...named All-Section all four years at Vincentian Academy from 2015-18...lettered in basketball...played three seasons collegiately for UCONN from 2019-21...in 2021, named First Team NCBWA All-American...ABCA Second Team All-American, Second Team Baseball America All-American, ABCA First Team Northeast All-Region, NCBWA District 2 Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American, BIG EAST Player of the Year, First Team All-BIG EAST, BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player and led the BIG EAST Conference and was 15th in the country with a .398 batting average...played in the Cape Cod League for the Bourne Braves in the Summer of 2019...his favorite restaurant is Chipotle and his favorite musical artist is Florida Georgia Line...hobbies include poker and cheering on the University of Connecticut...his dad, John, is a former long-time beloved sportscaster at WPXI Channel 11 in Pittsburgh, former host of the "Fedko Fone Zone" local sports call-in show & was voted "Pittsburgh's Favorite sportscaster" by Pittsburgh Magazine.
2025
Was in Minor League Spring Training for Minnesota but played in handful of Major League exhibition games as depth camp player...Began season with Double-A Wichita...Recorded two-homer game on May 27 vs Tulsa, two more on June 27 vs Springfield and again on July 22 vs. Frisco (had never had a multi-HR game in his first four years in the Minors)...Homered six times in an eight-game span from June 21-29...Named Texas League Player of the Week on June 29 with Wichita...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week four times on season: June 29 (with Wichita), July 27 (with Wichita), Aug. 24 (with Wichita) and Sept. 21 (with St. Paul)...Homered 20 times and stole 26 bases for Wind Surge, becoming first player in Wind Surge history with 20-20 season...Promoted to Triple-A St. Paul on Aug. 1...was leading the Texas League in HR, RBI, slugging percentage, walks and ranked second in OPS and extra-base hits (35) at the time of promotion...Went 5-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and two RBI on Aug. 19 vs. Round Rock...marked a career-high in hits and most hits in a game by Saints player since Hernan Perez in August 2023...Led Saints in hits (30) and HR (six) in 25 games in August after hitting .300 (30-for-100) in first month at level...Named Texas League Postseason All-Star for Wichita...Defensively at both stops, played 45 games (44 starts) in centerfield, 32 games (31 starts) in left field, 20 games (19 starts) at first base and 19 games (17 starts) in right field...Combined to hit .258 (123-for-476) with 25 doubles, 28 home runs, 82 RBI, 91 runs scored, 79 walks, 38 stolen bases and an .855 OPS in 130 games between Wichita and St. Paul...hit .266 (88-for-331) with an .873 OPS vs. right-handed pitching, compared to .241 (35-for-145) with an .813 OPS vs. left-handed pitching...Ranked tied for seventh among all of Minor League Baseball in home runs (28), tied for 16th in runs scored (91) and tied for 22nd in total bases (232)…28 home runs led the entire Twins Minor League system and second in Twins organization, trailing only Byron Buxton (35).
2024
Spent the entire season at Double-A Wichita hitting .227 (57-for-251) with 14 doubles, three home runs, 21 RBI, 37 walks and 24 runs scored in 76 games...played fourth outfielder/bench role for Wind Surge, playing leftfield, rightfield and centerfield.
2023
Spent the entire season at High-A Cedar Rapids playing mostly in a bench role and fourth outfielder, getting some time in rightfield and leftfield...hit .343 (12-for-35) with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, seven RBI, 11 walks and a 1.129 OPS in 13 August games.
2022
Split the season between Low-A Fort Myers and High-A Cedar Rapids, combining to hit .250 (102-for-408) with 21 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 54 RBI, 56 walks, 73 runs scored and a .740 OPS in 110 games...hit first professional home run on April 15 vs. Jupiter...named a Twins MiLB.com organization All-Star after the season.
2021
Spent first professional season with Low-A Fort Myers, hitting .235 (16-for-68) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, eight RBI and a .610 OPS in 23 games...recorded first career professional hit Aug. 18 at Dunedin, singling off Matt Svanson.
