St. Paul – If you were to tell Kyler Fedko in spring training that he’d be in pursuit of a 30-home run, 30-stolen base season this season, he’d have a hard time believing you.

So, when he came swinging out of the gates in April, putting up a .311/.440/.623 slash line with five homers and 12 RBI, he surprised himself. He realized this season could be much different than many others.

“Dude, it’s unbelievable,” Fedko said on his 2025 performance. “I mean, you can’t speak enough of just the craziness of it. There’s really nothing else more to say. It’s been crazy, a crazy miracle year.”

Miracle would be a fair word to use for some prospect evaluators who have followed Fedko’s minor-league career up from afar. Fedko had never stolen more than 13 bases nor hit more than 12 home runs in a season coming into the year. He’d battled injuries in previous years and had to fight for playing time while struggling in Double-A Wichita last season.

On Aug. 5, in just his fourth Triple-A game, Fedko swiped his 28th, 29th, and 30th bases to join the 20/30 club. He has slugged six home runs since joining the Saints and now sits four away from completing the 30/30 season with nine games remaining.

Four home runs is a challenging but not impossible feat to accomplish with fewer than 10 games left to go. Still, it hasn’t been easy for Fedko. He has been battling a sore ankle in recent weeks. The pain has not been severe enough for him to feel he had to take a day off the field, and he’ll do all he can to generate power in his swing and achieve the 30/30 feat.

“I mean, honestly, if you go into the season and hit 10 homers, you’re happy with that,” he said. “Twenty, you’re ecstatic, anything above that is just about icing on the cake. Whatever I finish with it’s going to be a freckin’ miracle.”

While the Saints’ main focus is to end their 12-game losing streak, the longest in franchise history, Fedko’s teammates and coaches are still cheering him on to accomplish a feat rarely seen in the minor leagues.

“I think it’s awesome, man,” said fellow Saints outfielder Walker Jenkins. “Like I said, I think when you’re at this level, there can probably be a lot of resentment toward your teammates and other players, and I don’t think this clubhouse is this way at all. I truly feel like I want these guys to succeed just as much as I want myself to succeed.”

“With where he’s at, it’s super impressive to see the year he’s having,” Saints hitting coach Shawn Schlechter said. “Tapping into that, but also doing what he also does to impact an offense with what he does on the basepaths as well, is really impressive. I think everyone is obviously waiting for those last few to come, and especially him, but he’s just really worked really hard.”

While the chase for 30/30 will continue this weekend at CHS Field and into the Saints’ final week of the season in Memphis, Fedko is still in a bit of disbelief with how the year has played out. He’s always known what he’s been capable of with his power, defense, and quickness on the base paths.

But to be able to bounce back from a bench role in 2024 to being considered as a part of the Minnesota Twins’ 40-man roster going into 2026 has made it a dream come true for the 26-year-old outfielder.

“Every day this year has felt like I’ve woken up and been on vacation,” said Fekdo. “Just for how well it’s gone. I can’t really pinpoint any of the days that have been better than others, just because every day, you wake up and you’re playing is so, so cool and so fun.”

“He wants to play and stay on the field, and it’s part of the reason he’s had the year that he’s had,” said Schlechter. “He just wants to play and win, and he plays the game the right way, and I think his work ethic, he’s reaped the rewards this year as well.”

Fedko will be Rule 5 Draft eligible this upcoming off-season. Even if he falls a few home runs short of the 30/30 season, he has proven to be a capable right-handed hitting corner outfield bat that the Twins have needed to develop for their depth chart for a long time.

Finishing the season nearly healthy and continuing to put up numbers that could earn him the Twins Minor League Hitter of the Year award would be the way for him to get added to the 40-man and just a call away from his major-league dreams.

“When you show up every day and when you know you’re probably going to play, it’s literally living the dream,” he said. “It’s what I’ve dreamed about being in the minor leagues for four years, [which] is showing up and playing every day. So it’s been awesome.”