Buxton On No-Trade Clause: “I’m A Minnesota Twin For Life”

[East Coast Twin]

A pretty definite statement by Byron that he plans to remain a Twin his whole career.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/byron-buxton-rumors-no-trade-clause-twin-for-life.html

[RpR]

But, but so many here wanted to dump him for wishful thinking rookies last year, how could that be?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Did "so many" want to dump Buxton? I see a loud, moronic minority scream about crap like that, but most Twins fans know better.

[RpR]

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Did "so many" want to dump Buxton? I see a loud, moronic minority scream about crap like that, but most Twins fans know better.

Maybe it is the number of times, rather than number or persons, they moan about his, no trade clause, but it was not infrequent last year, or even early this year..

[knothole61]

Truth be told, I have criticized Buxton in the past whenever he fell into those prolonged funks of waving at and missing every down and away off-speed pitch. It used to drive me crazy. But I have always considered him to be an exceptional athlete whose presence in the lineup was essential to the Twins. But now...now that he is making better decisions in the box, having an all star season, and expressing his love for Minnesota and his fans, I consider him to be worthy of inclusion in the Minnesota pantheon of sports. Honestly, have you ever seen a more exciting performer in all of local sports than Buxton 2025?  

[Ottomatic1990]

Anthony Edwards?

 

[Chembry]

There are quite a few on other forums that are very loud and almost demand Buxton to be traded.  The point most are making is that his trade value has never been higher and he can't keep up this level of performance.  I have seen several in the past month still saying Buxton should be traded.

A Buxton type of talent doesn't come around that often and he has historically outplayed his contract value.  This is a direct quote from a Twins daily article in 2024:

"Last season, Buxton struggled through his knee injury, attempting to provide the Twins with value from the DH spot. FanGraphs pegged him as being worth $5 million. In 2024, he has already been worth $14.1 million, and the season is only a little over half over. Minnesota has paid him $51 million to this point in his career, and Buxton has provided the Twins with nearly $163 million in total value. Buxton is living up to his contract, even if his performance declines in the second half. There are limits to what a team can get with $15 million per season on the market these days, and the Twins can get plenty of excess value when Buxton is playing at his current level."

 

Let's all sit back and enjoy what we are seeing this year.

[notoriousgod71]

20 hours ago, knothole61 said:

Truth be told, I have criticized Buxton in the past whenever he fell into those prolonged funks of waving at and missing every down and away off-speed pitch. It used to drive me crazy. But I have always considered him to be an exceptional athlete whose presence in the lineup was essential to the Twins. But now...now that he is making better decisions in the box, having an all star season, and expressing his love for Minnesota and his fans, I consider him to be worthy of inclusion in the Minnesota pantheon of sports. Honestly, have you ever seen a more exciting performer in all of local sports than Buxton 2025?  

Moss any year but especially 98.

[alskntwnsfn]

Thank you Byron Buxton! We love having you here!