Is Byron Buxton Turning into Giancarlo Stanton?

[RJA]

19 hours ago, ewen21 said:

Injuries and age of caught up with them? That may very well be true but bear in mind Byron Buxton is not even turn 30 yet. It’s kind a hard to say that a 29 year old player is being waylaid by the ravages of time.  If that’s what we’re going to go with then all praise of him should end today

Good point. With Buxton, it may be the case that all of his injuries have taken a toll on his body. He is hurt so much that I question whether he will ever be the kind of player that we hoped, or have any year when he will be consistently available. With Correa, age affects players differently. Some like Nelson Cruz seem to be able to maintain bat speed into their 40’s. Others begin to lose bat speed in their late 20’s. For whatever reason, analytics show that he is missing fast balls at a pretty alarming rate. 

[Whitey333]

Sorry to say but Buxton is toast.  He's only been a part time playerfor 8 of 9 years.  He's been and us a bust.  He was overrated since day one and has only proven that with his " performance" as a Twin.  And especially his non performance as a twin.  If he can't stay injury free to DH why do people think he will be able to play center field?  It makes no sense.  It makes no sense putting him in the lineup when he is hurting the team.  It's sad that we will never know what type of player he could have been.  If his knees are that bad that he can't even DH he should consider retirement for the sake of the team and more importantly for his own health.

[Schmoeman5]

Not quite Stanton yet. Did you see Stanton get thrown out at the plate yesterday?  If not, look it up. You'll see. Utterly ridiculous. No effort is bad, not caring is worse.