Kaelen Kenneth Culpepper...X: @thechosen1kc...Instagram: @_kcisthename...attended high school at St. Benedict at Auburndale in Cordova, Tenn...played collegiately at Kansas State and hit .314 (176-for-561) with 32 doubles, six triples, 26 home runs, 122 RBI, 27 stolen bases, 63 walks, 109 runs scored, a .402 on-base percentage and a .934 OPS in 152 games from 2022-24...led the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in batting average (.471), on-base percentage (.526) and slugging percentage (.853) in 2023...earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2022 and 2023...named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2022...participated in 2025 TwinsFest at Target Field.
2025
Entered season as fourth-best prospect in Twins organization per MLB.com and fifth-best prospect per Baseball America...Began season at Low-A Cedar Rapids...Recorded professional career-high with five RBI on April 27 vs. Wisconsin...Recorded first professional four-hit game on May 3 vs. South Bend (all singles)...Recorded second professional four-hit game and first professional multi-homer game on May 16 vs. Peoria...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week on May 25 at Cedar Rapids, hitting .389 (7-for-18) with two doubles, one home run, two RBI, four walks and a 1.167 OPS...Promoted to Double-A Wichita on June 20...Reached safely in professional career-long 19-straight games, from June 17-July 10 (three games at Cedar Rapids, 16 games at Wichita)...Played for American League team in SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on July 12 at Truist Park in Atlanta...entered the game as a reserve and played second base, going 0-for-1, lining out to leftfield in the seventh inning...Recorded third and fourth four-hit games of career and season (first and second at Double-A) on July 22 vs. Frisco and July 31 at Amarillo...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Month for July, hitting .459 (30-for-76) with four doubles, four home runs, 14 RBI and a 1.064 OPS in 19 games for the Wind Surge...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week for second time on August 10, this time while playing at Wichita, hitting .367 (11-for-30) with two home runs, one triple, seven RBI and a 1.000 OPS...Named Texas League Postseason All-Star...Combined to hit .289 (131-for-454) with 16 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs, 64 RBI, 77 runs scored, 25 stolen bases (four caught), a .375 on-base percentage and an .844 OPS in 113 games at both Cedar Rapids and Wichita...hit .306 (97-for-317) vs. right-handed pitching and .248 (34-for-137) vs. left-handed pitching...Named Sherry Robertson Award winner as Twins Minor League Player of the Year...Ranked third-best prospect in Twins Minor League system by Baseball America entering 2026...Ranked 52nd-best prospect in baseball by MLB.com entering 2026 and 74th-best by Baseball America
2024
Made professional debut Aug. 9 with Low-A Fort Myers and his High-A debut with Cedar Rapids on Aug. 20, hitting .242 (24-for-99) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs, 12 RBI, four stolen bases, a .394 slugging percentage and a .724 on-base percentage in 26 games between the two levels.
