PHILADELPHIA — Max Kepler remembers the date: Oct. 1, 2024. He was in Philadelphia to undergo core surgery with Dr. William Meyers. The injury, a partially detached abdominal muscle, cost Kepler the final few weeks of his ninth season with the Minnesota Twins.
Kepler and his mother Kathy lingered for a few days in a Navy Yard hotel as Kepler recovered from the procedure.
“I was in a pretty medicated state,” Kepler said.
But his hotel had a view of Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies took on the New York Mets in the NLDS. Kathy was tempted to go to the game with her son.