{"id":772947,"date":"2026-08-08T03:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772947\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:39:15","slug":"reports-former-k-state-star-called-up-by-minnesota-twins-for-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772947\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Former K-State star called up by Minnesota Twins for MLB debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MANHATTAN, Kan. (KCTV) &#8211; A recent star of the K-State baseball program is set to make his Major League debut this weekend in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kaelen Culpepper, who starred for the Wildcats from 2022 to 2024, was called up by the Minnesota Twins on Friday in the midst of a standout season for their Triple-A affiliate, the St. Paul Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year, Culpepper has batted .271 with 14 home runs, 46 RBI and 17 stolen bases in Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 23-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, was picked by the Twins with the 21st overall pick in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, left, and Kaelen Culpepper, right, pose for a...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BZLA7G2ADNCGHG2FXULOGZVEYQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, left, and Kaelen Culpepper, right, pose for a photo after Culpepper was selected 21st overall by the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the MLB baseball draft in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)(LM Otero | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">At K-State, he was D1 Baseball\u2019s Second Team All-American in 2024, as well as an All-Big 12 Second Team selection. During his junior season with the Wildcats he batted .328 with 15 doubles, six triples and a career-high 11 home runs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Culpepper will become the 17th K-State product to play in an MLB game when he makes his debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Twins start a three-game series in Milwaukee with the Brewers Friday night at 6:40 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN, Kan. (KCTV) &#8211; A recent star of the K-State baseball program is set to make his Major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[5,9228,9520,2291,59,60,4,1586],"class_list":["post-772947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-draft","tag-baseball","tag-kaelen-culpepper","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-major-league-baseball-draft","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117057812402952305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}