Buxton needs Hip surgery, but it looks like the playoffs come first.

[wesnewy]

We are only three games out, but what happened to letting the kids play? I really don't think

Byron at anything under 100% is worth pushing for the last wild card spot.

[jctwins]

Yeah if only we'd had a guy that could have been playing at 100% through the entire month of August sitting in AAA.

[DJL44]

He’s probably more useful than Gabriel Gonzalez. 
 

Is Austin Martin going to come back in September?

[Bangkok Twins Fan]

Calling all doctors ... what's the real verdict on Buxton's current health situation? Can he play at a productive level this month even with these "hip issues" ? And if so, does that mean DH only duty?

[TheLeviathan]

Buck...I love ya....but go get your hip fixed.

[ashbury]

11 hours ago, jctwins said:

Yeah if only we'd had a guy that could have been playing at 100% through the entire month of August sitting in AAA.

Hoping for the best tonight and recognizing that it's only small sample size to go on, but if not for a home run off of a position playing during a blowout, I believe Jenkins's OPS would be sitting under .500(!) right now.

[ashbury]

9 hours ago, Bangkok Twins Fan said:

Calling all doctors ... what's the real verdict on Buxton's current health situation? Can he play at a productive level this month even with these "hip issues" ? And if so, does that mean DH only duty?

Real doctors will be a lot less certain about your questions than us Internet Experts.  😁

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Hoping for the best tonight and recognizing that it's only small sample size to go on, but if not for a home run off of a position playing during a blowout, I believe Jenkins's OPS would be sitting under .500(!) right now.

We're really going to judge him already?

[ashbury]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

We're really going to judge him already?

I was responding to the reverse judgment.

[jctwins]

18 hours ago, ashbury said:

I was responding to the reverse judgment.

There's offense and defense, and being able to play every day.

[bean5302]

Buxton has shown how good he is while hurt. Since the All Star Break.

.172/.274/.203 OPS .475 wRC+ 38 as a DH or while likely being a liability in CF.

The odds of the Twins making the playoffs are 25:1 right now by an optimistic Fangraphs projection model. Time to move Buxton to the 60-day IL.

[howeda7]

Byron get the surgery done ASAP.