Will This Week Be the Last We See of Byron Buxton in Center Field?

[Brandon]

Byron has 4 years remaining on his contract.  He will be the starting CF for at minimum the next 3 and likely the next 4 unless he gets injured enough over the next two to really slow him down.  I think he finishes his contract in CF and if the Twins resign him they will then move him around.

[h2oface]

No problem. There are a ton of drafted SS that can't play SS to watch flail in center field.

[ewen21]

On 9/24/2024 at 4:42 AM, Matthew Trueblood said:

Counterpoint: How could anything better exemplify, better embody the last few years of the Twins franchise than a player who plays slightly over half the games on the schedule?

And you like that?

[ewen21]

On 9/24/2024 at 10:59 AM, Brandon said:

Byron has 4 years remaining on his contract.  He will be the starting CF for at minimum the next 3 and likely the next 4 unless he gets injured enough over the next two to really slow him down.  I think he finishes his contract in CF and if the Twins resign him they will then move him around.

If they resign him?

Explain how that’s even a thought at this juncture after all we’ve seen over ten seasons.  We cannot keep pretending he’s more than he is

[ashbury]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:24 AM, mnfireman said:

His 145 wRC+ says different...

Indeed. In the past 6 seasons his OPS has been below .800 only once, and we know that in that one season he was hurt badly enough that he never set foot in CF all year.  Availability has been the downfall.  Not the bat.