The Twins Must Use Byron Buxton in Center Field

I don't think CF is too dangerous for his health.  He can get hurt in many situations.  I think it will be awesome for him and his confidence.  I will be awesome for the Twins to have a better bat a DH.  The whole team needs to work on strike-outs or all could be for none with Buxton

Taylor has been doing well in CF. He might be a better fielder than Buxton in CF at the moment. I'd be fine with Buxton in LF and Wallner at DH.

Well,  as they say,  there is a lot to unpack with Buxton.  As a Twins rube and even more a Buxton fan it is very frustrating to say:  your ability is as good as your availability.  What’s even more frustrating is the Twins are a better team when Buxton is in the line-up.  That said,  yeah, sure great have him play CF until he can’t….

It's more than obvious at this point...he's going to get hurt. He's ALWAYS going to get hurt. It doesn't matter if he's the DH or in CF...he's going to get hurt. It's who he is and who he's always going to be. If its going to be better for the team, then put him out in CF to give us some DH flexibility. Let him have a few rehab games in StP in the field, and then bring him up. When he gets hurt again, they can figure out what to do at that time. MAT has sure filled in admirably out there this season. 

Hard disagree at this stage in the season.  Buxton's bat is practically useless, and I'm not swapping his bat in to replace Taylor's right now.  With Buck's, everything below his hips always seems to be ready to succumb to injury, so maybe place him in LF where he (in theory) has less ground to cover and let Taylor stay in CF.  This removes Gallo's whiffle ball bat from the lineup but right now that's a wash with Buck's, and it improves the defense in the OF.

If the Twins were not in the post season picture,  would Buxton playing centre this year be a thing?

Either his body is ready to take it , or not. Just saying.

When Buck is hitting like MVP he can DH, but when he is not, he needs to play in field.  There was many debates about DH for ex amount of games or CF for 81 games, making assumptions that he would stay healthy as a DH.  I argued that most of his injuries in his history has not been from playing the OF, but from running bases and hitting.  Yes, he has had some injuries from playing OF, but as shown again this year, he will get injured just hitting, so taking away what he does best in trying to get him to be just a hitter really is not best for club.  

Hopefully he can play CF, but unless he can hit at MVP level, he should not be taking DH at bats from guys that are hitting better than he is.  Just because he is getting paid like he is, we should not just send him out there to fail for us.  I hope he can play CF even as a part time situation.  Give him a few games out there to see if he can do it playoff time, because him manning CF at his normal level, and hitting even average will be best for us. 

23 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

This doesn’t allow for Julien & Polanco to be in the line-up………that’s the point of moving Buxton out of DH spot…….Wallner is fine in LF.

Which is better: Buxton (or Taylor) taking Wallner's spot defensively or Polanco taking Julien's spot defensively? I don't think Polanco is that much better than Julien at 2B but Buxton is going to be a lot better than Wallner. The Twins have a strikeout/flyball pitching staff.

I also don't think there will be a single lineup for the rest of the season anyway. There will be games with Farmer and Taylor and games with Julien and Wallner in the field depending on the starting pitcher.

OF chatter has picked up again but to me at this point it is just chatter.  Knee, hamstring, mental part of being a DH only has allowed Buxton to suit up for a whopping 85 games this season.  Injuries for him will always happen and the "strain" of playing in the field isn't the only reason he gets injured.  Sore hamstring is tied to running.  So thought is DH will limit his legs being worn out.  Guess what, when he hits the ball he has to run.  So DH with limited activity to stay loose could be an element to hamstring woes.  Put him in the field and take off the bubble wrap.  If he isn't ready, then sit him down till next year.  

So meaningful games started at the end of March. It's now the end of August. Buxton hasn't hit decent since May, and he hasn't played defensively all season. And now he's on the IL and the front office is teasing with ramping him up defensively upon his return. I got some ocean front property in Arizona too! I think it's totally unrealistic. I'll believe it when I see it. And apologize for being wrong.

I am stunned he's only played 85 games this year NEVER seeing the field. Welp, that was a bad plan. New plan has to be playing in the field or what's the point? Sit him down and try again next year. He said it himself, he doesn't have the make up to be a DH, he needs to be out in the field. We seem to have proven this point. We're a better team without him right now, sadly.

Until he shows he can actually hit this season it doesn't really matter.  MAT is just as good at defense as Buxton is at 50% or whatever he will be this year.  The Twins can't afford to play both Buxton and Gallo at the same time if they're both striking out 40+% of the time.