APRIL 6 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
BYRON BUXTON
9 HR •
26 RBI •
.264 AVG
9 HR
26 RBI
.264 AVG
Twins' Byron Buxton sends reminder: He's fast, and he's healthy Byron Buxton has stolen two bases and basically swiped two runs this season, a rate of basepath success far beyond his norm.
May have avoided injury scare Buxton went 0-for-3 with a hit by pitch, a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Astros.
Impact The contest got paused in the fourth inning when the 31-year-old outfielder got plunked in the hand by a 92.6 mph fastball from Spencer Arrighetti, but Buxton stayed in the game and got his revenge by immediately stealing his second bag of the season. Per Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, there was no indication from Twins manager Rocco Baldelli that Buxton will require any further testing on his hand, but given his length medical history, the team may yet elect to be cautious with him. Through eight appearances to begin the season, Buxton is batting just .214 (6-for-28), but he's added one homer, three RBI and six runs. The early activity on the basepaths is also encouraging, as he hasn't swiped double-digit bases in a season since 2019.
APRIL 5 • ROTOWIRE
May have avoided injury scare Buxton went 0-for-3 with a hit by pitch, a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Astros.
Impact The contest got paused in the fourth inning when the 31-year-old outfielder got plunked in the hand by a 92.6 mph fastball from Spencer Arrighetti, but Buxton stayed in the game and got his revenge by immediately stealing his second bag of the season. Per Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, there was no indication from Twins manager Rocco Baldelli that Buxton will require any further testing on his hand, but given his lengthy medical history, the team may elect to be cautious with him. Through eight appearances to begin the season, Buxton is batting just .214 (6-for-28), but he's added one homer, three RBI and six runs. The early activity on the basepaths is also encouraging, as he hasn't swiped double-digit bases in a season since 2019.
APRIL 5 • ROTOWIRE
Hustle plays by Byron Buxton, Christian Vazquez pay off for Twins The pair each took an extra base, then scored, in the Twins’ six-run fourth inning in a 6-1 victory over Houston.
APRIL 5 • TWINCITIES.COM
Buxton stays in game after HBP, ignites decisive rally MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Miranda’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning as the Twins secured their first home win of the season in...
APRIL 5 • MLB.COM
Twins top Astros 6-1 behind Jose Miranda's 3-run homer in 6-run 4th inning
Jose Miranda’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning that ignited the Minnesota Twins in a 6-1 victory over the Houston AstrosAPRIL 5 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Swipes first bag Buxton went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Astros.
Impact It's the first stolen base of the year for Buxton, who hasn't swiped more than nine bags in any of his previous five injury-hampered seasons. The 31-year-old outfielder appears to be healthy to start the campaign -- he's gone 6-for-25 with a home run, five runs scored and three RBI through his first 26 plate appearances.
APRIL 4 • ROTOWIRE
Reusse: Buxton is back healthy, and that could mean good things for the Twins moving forward Reusse: After being seen as a career designated hitter, Byron Buxton is back in center field.
APRIL 4 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Walker, Peña homer and Rodgers drives in 3 as Astros spoil Twins' home opener 5-2
Christian Walker and Jeremy Peña homered and Brendan Rodgers had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota TwinsAPRIL 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clubs first homer of 2025 Buxton went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the White Sox.
Impact The center fielder came into the afternoon with zero extra-bases hits through his first five games, but Buxton broke out with a first-inning solo shot off Sean Burke. Buxton also doubled his hit and run totals on the season with Wednesday's performance, and he's up to three RBI.
APRIL 3 • ROTOWIRE
Backed by bats, Twins' Pablo Lopez stifles White Sox Byron Buxton homered, doubled and drove in two runs and Harrison Bader hit a three-run homer to lead the visiting Minnesota Twins to a 6-1 v...
APRIL 3 • SACBEE.COM
Bader and Buxton homer to back López as Twins take series from White Sox 6-1 after long rain delay
Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton hit home runs to back Pablo López’s solid start and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 after rain delayed the start by nearly 3 1/2...APRIL 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Twins wait out rain, then hammer out win over White Sox Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa got going, and Harrison Bader kept going. Pablo López set it all up with seven strong innings.
APRIL 2 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Miranda gets big hit as the Twins beat the White Sox 8-3 for their first win this season
Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Minnesota’s five-run sixth inning, and the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 for their first win of the seasonAPRIL 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pérez shines in his Chicago debut with 6 hitless innings in White Sox's 9-0 romp over Twins
Martín Pérez figured he had enough left to remain in the game a little longerMARCH 31 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scott, Pages each hit 3-run homers to propel Cardinals over Twins 9-2
Victor Scott II and Pedro Pages each hit three-run homers to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-2 win over the Minnesota TwinsMARCH 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Twins include Randy Dobnak in long relief role for his 1st opening day roster spot in 4 years
The Minnesota Twins set their opening day roster with right-hander Randy Dobnak in a long relief role, the first time in four years he broke camp with the major league clubMARCH 27 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carlos Correa sees success ahead for Twins, 'if we stay on the field' Byron Buxton is a key figure, and it appears he exited spring training in his best health in years.
MARCH 27 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Twins hammer Thomas Harrington in 2nd, hand Pirates 5th consecutive loss in spring finale The Pittsburgh Pirates gave Thomas Harrington the final start of spring training, even though they had decided that the 23-year-old right-ha...
MARCH 24 • TRIBLIVE.COM
Neal: Despite all of the injuries, the lineup juggling, batting .218 in September, etc., the Twins were 10th in the majors in runs scored Imagine Royce Lewis, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa playing 120 games each, and the Twins with a top five offense... it's a legit possibilit...
MARCH 10 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Blistering start to spring 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 ga...
Impact Buxton enters 2025 coming off a rare season where 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 games just twice in ten seasons, perhaps this is the year he finally puts it all together.
MARCH 2 • ROTOWIRE
Byron Buxton homers, Chris Paddack struggles in Twins spring action against Rays Buxton hit his first home run of spring training on Sunday.
MARCH 2 • SI.COM
Byron Buxton counts his blessings, and that has him planning to count the Twins as his only team Byron Buxton’s attitude sums up this way: “How many teams did you play for? Just one. I like that.”
MARCH 1 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Twins' outfield preview: It centers around Buxton This story was excerpted from Matthew Leach’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regula...
FEBRUARY 20 • MLB.COM
Healthy offseason puts Twins' Byron Buxton in 'good frame of mind' For the first time in a long time, the center fielder didn’t spend his winter rehabbing from an injury.
FEBRUARY 18 • TWINCITIES.COM
