Byron Buxton News Archive
News -- May 2024 (59)
- 5/24 Twins Daily: Welcome to the Correaissance: It was a surprise when he landed in Minnesota in 2022. That he came back in 2023, with nine more years of team control beyond...
- 5/24 Twins Daily: Its DaShawn Keirsey Jr. Time: DaShawn Keirsey Jr. isn’t completely lacking in prospect pedigree, as a former 4th-round pick in 2018, but he's been overshadowed...
- 5/24 Twins Daily: It’s Time to Reevaluate the Minnesota Twins' Top-Ranked Prospect: Prospect lists have evolved, especially in an age with more data pouring forth from the minor-league levels. Previously, the...
- 5/23 RotoWire: Goes yard twice in routBuxton went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Tuesday's 10-0 win over the Nationals....
- 5/23 Twins Daily: Did the Twins Players-Only Meeting Save The Team From Itself?: The Minnesota Twins have been Jekyll and Hyde this season, with a 7-13 stretch to open the season, followed by a 17-3 stretch,...
- 5/22 Twins Daily: Be Like Ant: The Best 22-Year-Olds in Minnesota Twins History: Minneapolis will be busy on Friday night, with the Twins facing off against the Rangers and the Timberwolves squaring off against...
- 5/22 TeamRiseOrFall.com: MLB DFS Top Stacks 5/22/24 Early Slate: MLB DFS Top Stacks 5/22/24 Early Slate Welcome to our MLB — article. Get more MLB DFS Content here:MLB DFS Study Hub | MLB...
- 5/22 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Blasts Two Home Runs, Collects Three RBI: Minnesota Twins outfielderByron Buxtonblasted his second and third home runs Tuesday night while going 2-for-5 with three RBI...
- 5/22 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 10, Nationals 0: Ryan Backed by Blasts: Box Score SP: Joe Ryan 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (95 pitches, 62 strikes) Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2(3), Willi Castro...
- 5/21 Twins Daily: Ranking the 5 Worst Minnesota Twins Defenders in 2024: The Twins have been missing some of the team’s best defenders during the season’s early weeks, forcing players to play in secondary...
- 5/21 Twins Daily: Twins 3, Nationals 12: Things Are Going from Wurst to Worse: Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pablo Lopez: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (74 pitches, 55 strikes (74.3%) Home Runs: Carlos Correa...
- 5/20 Twins Daily: Week in Review: Falling Flat: Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/13 through Sun, 5/19 *** Record Last Week: 0-6 (Overall: 24-22) Run Differential Last Week: -24 (Overall:...
- 5/19 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Out On Sunday: Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton will not play on Sunday against the Guardians in Cleveland. Buxton made his return from...
- 5/19 Twins Daily: Chronicling Every Winner-Take-All Game in Twins Postseason History: 2017 Wild Card at New York Yankees The 85-77 Minnesota Twins traveled to Yankee Stadium to take on the 91-71 New York...
- 5/19 Twins Daily: Chronicling Every Winner-Take-All Game in Twins Postseason History: 2017 Wild Card at New York Yankees The 85-77 Minnesota Twins traveled to Yankee Stadium to take on the 91-71 New York...
- 5/19 Twins Daily: Twins Minor League Report (5/18): Keaschall, Olivar Power Kernels Win: As you likely noticed, on Friday night and Saturday, we had some rather annoying and frustrating website issues. Fortunately,...
- 5/18 Twins Daily: Byron Buxton Is Back, and the Twins Badly Need His Glove in Center: Coming into this season the Minnesota Twins knew that playing Byron Buxton solely as their designated hitter wasn’t going to...
- 5/18 Twins Daily: Twins Minor League Report (5/17): Florida Twins Affiliates Score Big, Storms in St. Paul: TRANSACTIONS OF Byron Buxton traveled with Minnesota to Cleveland, expected is to be activated Saturday. INF Danny...
- 5/18 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Reinstated From Injured List: The Minnesota Twins reinstated outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) from the 15-day injured list on Saturday and optioned utility man...
- 5/17 Twins Daily: Twins Minor League Report (5/16): Wichita Puts on an Offensive Show, Klein Shoves: TRANSACTIONS INF Kevin Maitan signed by Minnesota and assigned to Cedar Rapids SAINTS SENTINEL Final: Omaha 9,...
- 5/17 Zone Coverage: Could A Fully-Healthy Twins Team Compete With the Yankees?: Shortly after the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-0 at Target Field, Byron Buxton started his second day of rehab...
- 5/16 Twins Daily: How Much Have Twins' Budget-Conscious Offseason Decisions Hurt?: Throughout the offseason, Twins Daily, Twins Twitter, and other commentators wanted a variety of free agents and trade targets...
- 5/16 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Could Return Saturday: Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) will play another minor-league rehab game with Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday,...
- 5/16 Twins Daily: Edouard Julien Reverts To Original Canadian Factory Settings After Trip To Toronto: O Canada! Here we go again. As the Twins completed a series win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon, something...
- 5/16 Twins Daily: Twins Minor League Report (5/15): It's the Morris and Matthews Show!: CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 24-18 St. Paul Saints: 17-22 Wichita Wind Surge: 15-19 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 20-14 Fort...
- 5/15 Twins Daily: The Twins Have Rising Concerns with Workload Management: In baseball’s current landscape, few players like can play every day. The most unbreakable record in baseball, without rival,...
- 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Topa Shut Down For Six Weeks With Patellar Tendon Tear: Twins reliever Justin Topa has been diagnosed with a partial tear in the patellar tendon in his left knee. Trainer Nick Paparesta...
- 5/15 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton To Play In Rehab Games Before Returning: Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) will test out his knee on Tuesday in front of the team, and if all goes well,...
- 5/14 Twins Daily: Ghostbusters: How the 2024 Twins Can Avoid Yankees Ghosts: It’s no secret that the Minnesota Twins have struggled against the New York Yankees. Since 2002, the Twins have made 10 playoff...
- 5/14 Zone Coverage: Carlos Santana, Willi Castro and the Secret Of the Twins’ Rally Sausage: If you grew up in the 1990s, there’s a good chance you watched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The origin story of the comic...
- 5/13 RotoBaller.com: Twins Optimistic That Byron Buxton Can Return Tuesday: Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) ran the bases at Target Field on Saturday and will do so again when the team returns...
- 5/13 Twins Daily: Can the Twins Sustain Their Strikeout Rate Improvement?: For baseball fans, strikeouts can be one of the game’s most frustrating aspects. Pitchers throw with ever-higher velocity and...
- 5/12 Twins Daily: Margot Misfortune Could Provides Keirsey Opportunity: Byron Buxton has come out of the gate showing a level of availability that we haven’t seen in quite some time. Acting as a defensive...
- 5/10 Twins Daily: Striking Out: Are Umpires on a Power Trip? Or Clinging to a Disappearing Job?: No Time for Games Umpires take a lot of flak. It’s understandable. As a baseball fan, it’s almost a rite of passage as a baseball...
- 5/10 Zone Coverage: The Twins Are Finally Getting the Best Version Of Max Kepler: If there were a word to describe Max Kepler’s career, it would be temptation. The 31-year-old has shown flashes throughout his...
- 5/9 Twins Daily: Should We Be Worried About Alex Kirilloff?: We’ve seen plenty of ups and downs in Alex Kirilloff's career. Typically, they've been brief highs, followed by long periods...
- 5/9 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 6, Mariners 3: Hits Keep Coming: Box Score SP: Chris Paddack 5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (99 pitches, 70 strikes, 19 whiffs) Home Runs: Carlos Correa...
- 5/8 Zone Coverage: What’s Behind Carlos Correa’s Return To Form This Year?: The Minnesota Twins placed All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa on the injured list last month due to a strained right rib cage muscle....
- 5/8 Twins Daily: The Manuel Margot Acquisition Has Been a Disaster: One of the Twins’ greatest needs this offseason was a replacement for Michael A. Taylor--a right-handed outfielder who could...
- 5/8 Twins Daily: A Sausage Saved the Summer for Minnesota: Last season, Cloverdale Foods partnered with Twins infielder Kyle Farmer for a promotional deal. While they may not be the household...
- 5/7 Twins Daily: The Turnaround Twelve: A Historic Twins Winning Streak, By the Numbers: The Twins' 7-13 start was explicable, but it shouldn't have been as bad as it was. Sure, they were without key pieces like Jhoan...
- 5/7 PudnerSports.com: Twins-Rangers Statis-Pro Cards Ready for Next Match-up: Below are the list of players to be used in the Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers Statis-Pro debut. The links to each player appears...
- 5/6 Twins Daily: Is Ryan Jeffers Baseball's Most Underrated Catcher?: As a catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization, you are held to high standards. Joe Mauer's accolades set a high bar at the...
- 5/6 Twins Daily: Week in Review: Stringing Wins and Stinging Losses: Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/29 through Sun, 5/5 *** Record Last Week: 5-1 (Overall: 19-14) Run Differential Last Week: +5 (Overall:...
- 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Twins Notes: Stewart, Topa, Lewis: The Twins are baseball’s hottest team, as yesterday’s 5-2 win over the Red Sox extended Minnesota’s winning...
- 5/4 The Report On Sports: Minnesota Twins Place Bryon Buxton on Injured List, Recall Austin Martin: The Minnesota Twins have been hit with unfortunate news as star outfielder Byron Buxton has been placed on the 10-day injured...
- 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Twins Place Byron Buxton On Injured List: The Twins announced that they have placed outfielder Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list due to right knee inflammation with...
- 5/3 Twins Daily: Twins Minor League Report (5/2): Olivar and Salas Power Kernels to Win: TRANSACTIONS Recently DFA’d Matt Bowman traded to Arizona for cash considerations. Caleb Boushley was optioned...
- 5/3 Zone Coverage: The Twins Have Made Their Sausage: Somebody should eat the sausage! When the Minnesota Twins eventually lose, somebody should eat the rally sausage. Rocco Baldelli...
- 5/2 Just Baseball: The Twins Are Piecing Together Wins Any Way They Can: To kick off the 2024 campaign, the Minnesota Twins were off to a 7-13 start before an astounding 10-game win streak, their first...
- 5/2 MLBTradeRumors: The Opener: Orioles, Buxton, Matz: As the 2024 regular season continues, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout...
- 5/2 Twins Daily: Ranking the Twins Veterans Most Likely to Be Let Go: Minnesota’s front office has accumulated veteran players in recent seasons to add a layer of roster depth. There have been hits...
- 5/2 Zone Coverage: The Twins Are Having A Sideshow Bob Moment: One of the most memorable episodes in the history of The Simpsons happened in 1993. The episode, titled “Cape Feare,” featured...
- 5/2 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 10, White Sox 5: 10 Out of 10, No Notes: Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (82 pitches, 58 strikes 7 whiffs) Home Runs: Alex Kirilloff (2) Top...
- 5/2 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Going For MRI Exam: Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) will undergo imaging on his injured right knee, and the Twins will take the off...
- 5/1 Twins Daily: Twins Daily Hitter of the Month - April 2024: Rocco Baldelli was going to have a different look for his team this season after starting pitching departures in the form of...
- 5/1 RotoBaller.com: Byron Buxton Leaves Early With Knee Soreness: The Minnesota Twins announced that outfielder Byron Buxton (knee) left Wednesday's game against the Chicago White Sox with right-knee...
- 5/1 Twins Daily: Is This Process Worth the Results for Byron Buxton?: A season ago, the Twins were forced to play Byron Buxton only as the designated hitter. His body continued to fail him, and...
- 5/1 TeamRiseOrFall.com: MLB DFS Top Stacks 5/1/24 Early Slate: MLB DFS Top Stacks 5/1/24 Early Slate Welcome to our MLB DFS Top Stacks 5/1/24 Early Slate article. As we dive into today’s...
News -- April 2024 (71)