Twins' Byron Buxton Back On Injured List

[Steve Drumwright]

 

For the third time this season, a cranky right hip has sidelined Byron Buxton.

The star center fielder was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday by the Minnesota Twins with a right hip impingement. Outfielder Gabriel Gonzalez was called up from Triple-A St. Paul.

Buxton, an All-Star, also went on the IL on July 6 and July 29 with the right hip issue. When on the field, Buxton has a slash line of .254/.319/.511 with 25 homers and 46 RBIs. But the hip injury has hindered him at the plate and in the field. Buxton has not homered since June 22.

Gonzalez came up briefly at the end of May to make his MLB debut and went 1-for-2 before being sent back to Triple-A, where he has a .254/.318/.423 slash line with 15 homers and 51 RBIs in 106 games.

 

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[Mike Sixel]

At least they only waited a couple games..... Progress!

[PuckettPond]

Erod time! Buxton forced himself off the IL to receive the $20,000 Field of Dreams bonus. Very selfish player. Have surgery, get healthy then help the team next year. Mauer 2.0 doing more harm than good for the team with their no trade contract and poor production.

[Pdub]

Looks like Gonzalez was recalled not Erod. 

[wesnewy]

at least they didn't wait ten days to put him on the ten day this time

[MMBoys93]

Why Gonzalez lol. 
 

and before you tell me something about hitting lefties, Roden had a .850 ops in AAA and 5-11 vs lefties while Gonzalez has a .780 ops against lefties

Of all the hitters in AAA who could get the call, Gonzalez is the weakest hitter by far

[USAFChief]

Should have been done three days ago. 

[Whitey333]

Im so sick of the whole teams bowing to Buxton and his playing availability.  They only pitches him on the 10 day IL?  They should have put him our for the season then try to convince him to retire this off season.  Even if he comes back there will only be about 15 games left and the Twins way out of it.  What's the point?  

[Matthew Trueblood]

1 hour ago, PuckettPond said:

Erod time! Buxton forced himself off the IL to receive the $20,000 Field of Dreams bonus. Very selfish player. Have surgery, get healthy then help the team next year. Mauer 2.0 doing more harm than good for the team with their no trade contract and poor production.

The man's base salary is $15 million a year. A $20,000 bonus is to him as $100 is to a person making $75,000 a year. Would you come to work injured, knowing you'd be criticized for underperformance as well as being in pain, for $100?

[TheLeviathan]

I do think Buxton forced himself off the IL/rushed his way back/pushed to return/whatever you want to call it.  However, I think he did it for the team and wanted to help.

It was also a clearly wrong decision for his health and performance, which sadly also worked against what he was trying to accomplish.

[jkcarew]

1 hour ago, PuckettPond said:

Erod time! Buxton forced himself off the IL to receive the $20,000 Field of Dreams bonus. Very selfish player. Have surgery, get healthy then help the team next year. Mauer 2.0 doing more harm than good for the team with their no trade contract and poor production.

We don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. I do agree he should never have come off IL. And, though I’d get frustrated with how Mauer/the club handled some of his issues, he was Lou Gehrig compared to Buxton.

[jkcarew]

I’d love to know the rationale for waiting…especially this time around.

[MMBoys93]

14 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I’d love to know the rationale for waiting…especially this time around.

You disliked my post above, tell me why. I gave only real stats. So tell me how they’re wrong 

[Danchat]

Between ERod, Wallner, Roden, and Gabby, they go Gonzalez... seems to imply Austin Martin isn't as close to ready to go as we think he is given they went with the righty. I'd like to see Gonzalez get some September ABs, but ERod desperately needs some before next year. Seems like they are done with Wallner.

[bean5302]

2 hours ago, PuckettPond said:

Erod time! Buxton forced himself off the IL to receive the $20,000 Field of Dreams bonus. Very selfish player. Have surgery, get healthy then help the team next year. Mauer 2.0 doing more harm than good for the team with their no trade contract and poor production.

Listen here, Tom Pohlad made that call. He wasn't about to let Buxton stay on his sofa! Tom needed the $$!!

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, wesnewy said:

at least they didn't wait ten days to put him on the ten day this time

Maybe before this they thought you had to wait ten days in order to put a player on 10 day IL.

[soyouresayingtheresachance]

Should've been ERod called up. Last option year, we need to see how he fares against some MLB pitching. His defense would be a big upgrade over Larnach, too. 

Just let Buck get that surgery and get his hip right. He's not doing himself or the team any favors by trying to play injured. 

Will Gonzalez even play? Or did he get called up to sit on the bench? Atleast it wasnt Gray called up again. 

[jkcarew]

1 hour ago, MMBoys93 said:

You disliked my post above, tell me why. I gave only real stats. So tell me how they’re wrong 

Gonzalez isn’t the worst hitter on the Saints either talent-wise or by results. Particular against lefties. And it seems they’re fine with Gonzalez being platooned, as they were already doing some of that with him with the Saints. I’d have no problem at all if it had been ERod. And probably would have been ERod (or both) by now if they had been able to move Larnach.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 hours ago, MMBoys93 said:

Why Gonzalez lol. 
 

and before you tell me something about hitting lefties, Roden had a .850 ops in AAA and 5-11 vs lefties while Gonzalez has a .780 ops against lefties

Of all the hitters in AAA who could get the call, Gonzalez is the weakest hitter by far

I would have dfa’d Jackson again and brought up both Roden and Gonzalez.

[Coach]

How many games have the Twins lost because of their indecisiveness regarding Buxton, when he was totally ineffectual, have cost the Twins?  

[tarheeltwinsfan]

5 hours ago, PuckettPond said:

Erod time! Buxton forced himself off the IL to receive the $20,000 Field of Dreams bonus. Very selfish player. Have surgery, get healthy then help the team next year. Mauer 2.0 doing more harm than good for the team with their no trade contract and poor production.

$20,000 is approximately 1 /1,000 per cent of  Buck's 2026 salary.  $20,000 divided by $15,142, 857=0.00132 Money  had nothing to do with Buck's decision. It was a chance of a lifetime to play a major league game there. I salute Buck for his generous choice.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

4 hours ago, Whitey333 said:

Im so sick of the whole teams bowing to Buxton and his playing availability.  They only pitches him on the 10 day IL?  They should have put him our for the season then try to convince him to retire this off season.  Even if he comes back there will only be about 15 games left and the Twins way out of it.  What's the point?  

Is this post for real? Or is it a poor attempt at sarcasm? No one on TD will agree to this post. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

6 minutes ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

$20,000 is approximately 1 /1,000 per cent of  Buck's 2026 salary.  $20,000 divided by $15,142, 857=0.00132 Money  had nothing to do with Buck's decision. It was a chance of a lifetime to play a major league game there. I salute Buck for his generous choice.

1/10 of 1%… but directionally agree with you

[Parfigliano]

7 hours ago, soyouresayingtheresachance said:

Should've been ERod called up. Last option year, we need to see how he fares against some MLB pitching. His defense would be a big upgrade over Larnach, too. 

Just let Buck get that surgery and get his hip right. He's not doing himself or the team any favors by trying to play injured. 

Will Gonzalez even play? Or did he get called up to sit on the bench? Atleast it wasnt Gray called up again. 

TC is out of it.  I do not understand the refusal to date to give ERod a real look against MLB pitching.  I can only hope that he is a Sept callup.

[Parfigliano]

4 hours ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

Is this post for real? Or is it a poor attempt at sarcasm? No one on TD will agree to this post. 

I agree with the point that it's unwise to build your team around Buxton when you know he will not be able to play 125+ games a year.

[LastOnePicked]

17 hours ago, Coach said:

How many games have the Twins lost because of their indecisiveness regarding Buxton

They do seem to defer too much to what Buxton says about his health compared to what his performance suggests about his health.

I know he's been the face of franchise, but that's got to stop. If you have to choose between being fully stocked and prepared to win every game and being concerned about hurting a player's feelings, you have to choose preparation and roster readiness every time.

[laloesch]

21 hours ago, Matthew Trueblood said:

The man's base salary is $15 million a year. A $20,000 bonus is to him as $100 is to a person making $75,000 a year. Would you come to work injured, knowing you'd be criticized for underperformance as well as being in pain, for $100?

Or it's not as bad as it looks.  Buxton has always been fragile as glass.  Let's all be completely honest with each other here.  Doesn't mean you don't like him as a player, but he is a fragile player.