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• Twins' Byron Buxton: Blistering start to spring

  25D ago • By RotoWire

  Buxton went 1-for-2 with a home run and stole third base in Sunday's spring training tie with Tampa Bay. He's hitting .556 (5-for-9) with two stolen bases and a home run in five games this spring. Buxton enters 2025 coming off a rare season during which he finished the year healthy and didn't have any offseason surgeries or rehabilitations. An uncommon steal of third base shows he and the Twins are feeling very confident about his health this spring. While he's played over 100 regular-season games just twice in 10 seasons, perhaps this is the year he finally puts it all together.

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• Twins' Byron Buxton: No lingering injuries

  01/27/2025 • By RotoWire

  Buxton is feeling "as good as he's felt in a lot of years," general manager Derek Falvey said at Saturday's TwinsFest, Matthew Leach of MLB.com reports. Unlike last year when Buxton had offseason knee surgery and had finished the previous season with a hamstring issue, Buxton entered the offseason relatively healthy and doesn't have a major rehab entering spring training. It's not quite "best shape of his life" territory for Buxton, but it's as good as we're going to get at this stage of his career.

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• Twins' Byron Buxton: Out again for finale

  09/29/2024 • By RotoWire

  Buxton is not in Sunday's lineup against the Orioles. Buxton also sat out Saturday after the Twins' playoff hopes were dashed. He played in more games (105) this season than he has since he played a career-high 140 games in 2017. Buxton has a no-trade clause, so he'll be back to patrol center field in 2025.

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• Twins' Byron Buxton: Resting Saturday

  09/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Buxton isn't in Minnesota's lineup for Saturday's game against the Orioles. Buxton has slashed .300/.340/.500 across 53 plate appearances since returning from the injured list Sept. 12, but he'll take a seat Saturday with the Twins now officially eliminated from playoff contention. His absence will allow Austin Martin to pick up a start in center field and bat second.

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• Twins' Byron Buxton: Belts homer Wednesday

  09/26/2024 • By RotoWire

  Buxton went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday in an 8-3 victory versus the Marlins. Buxton tied the score 3-3 in the fourth inning with a massive 450-foot blast. The outfielder notched his third multi-hit effort over a five-game hitting streak during which he's batting .381 (8-for-21). However, Wednesday's long ball accounted for just the second RBI by Buxton over that span.

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