UConn alum Kyler Fedko got his long-awaited promotion to the Minnesota Twins and made his Major League Baseball debut Monday night.

A former Big East Player of the Year, Fedko was selected by the Twins in the 12th round of the 2021 MLB Draft. He has experience at all three outfield positions, has played first base and is learning his way around second base defensively.

The Twins added him to the 40-man roster in advance of their game Monday night against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas. They designated infielder Orlando Arcia for assignment in a corresponding move.

Fedko was in the lineup for the Twins, playing left field and batting sixth, on Monday.

What has Kyler Fedko been doing since he left the Huskies program, and why is his promotion important to UConn?

Fedko enrolled at UConn in fall 2018 after a stellar career at Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh. His team won two PIAA state baseball titles (2016, 2018), and as a senior, he was named the Pennsylvania high school player of the year by USA Today, Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report. That season, he batted .661 with a .750 OBP, eight homers and 40 RBIs in just 23 games. In the postseason that year, he hit .769 and scored 16 runs.

At UConn, he didn’t stop hitting. Playing on the same team in college with his brother, Christian – which he called his most memorable baseball moment – opponents had every reason to fear Kyler.

In his final season in 2021, Fedko hit .398, good for No. 15 in the nation. He was named an NCBWA All-American to go with his first-team All-Big East award and his honor for the Most Outstanding Player in the conference championship tournament.

He hit 12 home runs and drove in 53 runs, and he topped the Big East in runs (57), hits (78), on-base percentage (.483) and total bases (132). His 14 doubles and two triples helped boost the extra-base hits.

Fedko is now 26 and played his first minor league game in 2021 with Single-A Fort Myers.

He rose through the minor league ranks until he finally reached Triple-A Saint Paul at the end of the 2025 season and has played 58 games there this season with a slash line of .286/.372/.578 and an OPS of .950 with 44 runs, 15 home runs and 45 RBIs.

In all, he has played 457 games in the Twins’ farm system.

It’s all about recruiting.

The reason UConn’s basketball teams have such success recruiting is they have a reputation for winning and for sending players to the pros. Both the men’s and women’s teams can be in the mix for some of the top high school players and transfers in any year.

UConn baseball is not known on a national level, and it’s tough for teams in the Northeast to gain a ton of momentum regionally because they escape the cold for the sunshine states to start the season and don't play a full slate of games on their home field.

But coach Jim Penders has built a solid program at UConn, one that perpetually contends for the Big East championship and the automatic NCAA Tournament berth that comes with it.

And when fans latch on to players like Fedko, or UConn alum George Springer, it only helps to spread the idea to young players that the Huskies are a program worth looking at when they choose a college. Fedko is the 21st member of the Huskies to reach MLB.

By comparison, University of Southern California has produced 141 players and Florida State 87 players.

Maybe Fedko can be the start of the Husky rush to the big leagues.

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