MINNESOTA TWINS PROMOTE BYRON BUXTON!

LORD BYRON APPROACHETH!

I think he is in a better place mentally, physically and mechanically than Hicks was when he made the jump from AA.  I'm not worried about his transition.  Now if we could just stop putting infielders in the outfield...

I'm really excited by this.

 

But boy, the timing of this is weird. When was something like this announced during a game? Was it leaked and they needed to respond? First I saw of it was the Twins official announcement. 

I think it will be either Tonkin or Thompson.  Duensing will still be the LOOOG (lefty only one out guy) or a guy to pitch in lost games like today's game.  

After the past week it's nice to get some good news. Now if we can just get Sano and Kepler up here we might have a real line-up.

According to Phil Miller of the Trib, both Hicks and Hunter are out at least thru Sunday -Hicks with his elbow, meaning a likely DL and Hunter serving his suspension. Likely that was the final straw to promote Buxton. Despite the circumstances, Buxton is here and I really think others will follow when ready or needed. IMO things are a-changing. While somewhat surprised of call up now, like everyone else I'm excited.

I'm bummed out. Going up to Chattanooga to see Buxton next week and now he's gone. Our last game was rained out so looking forward to seeing him. Sigh, well, happy for him and the Twins Org and all you guys up north. Let's retire his jersey now.

Who?

Seriously, I'm very interested to see the young man play. I don't think this move was made for the purpose of trying to get the Twins to the postseason this year; I think it's just to see what he can do.