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Buxton On No-Trade Clause: “I’m A Minnesota Twin For Life”
Chembry replied to East Coast Twin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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. -
I agree on Wallner. I really like what he brings to the table in terms of offensive capabilities. He was in the top echelon of RF's last two years. I was throwing the trade out as an idea because of his tremendous upside and our log jam of corner OF's. I also agree that Clemons has been a more valuable hitter than France this year. However, that doesn't account for defense. Ty is much better defensively. That is why I had them splitting time at 1st.
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Put me also in the ride it out camp. Royce is the type of talent that can carry a team. Yes, he is having a bad year, but I still don't believe he is fully healthy either. In the past few games you can see him grabbing at that hamstring and stretching it out at the plate. He does this weird front side flying open then clutching at his left hamstring. The bigger problem is Wallner. He has a huge upside, but can't seem to put it together. Seems to have taken a few steps back at both the plate and in the field. Personally, I think we need to send him down or trade him. Not sure we would get a ton in return, but we do have log jam of corner OF (still have ERod, Jenkins, and McCusker). I know ERod left the game Saturday with another injury, but may be time to see what McCusker can do at the MLB level. Personally I think our best lineup is Bader (LF), Buxton (CF), Castro (RF), Royce (3B), C4 (SS), Lee (2B), France or Clemmons (1B), Jeffers (C), and Larnach (DH).
