The main thing is Buxton's development. He didn't perform well at all at the ML level, and then he got injured, so his being at AAA makes perfect sense. Let him learn plate discipline, and we'll see him at the ML soon enough.
I'm just watching the game so I can watch Sano bat. I wonder: is it worth wading through pig slop and duck manure and a weird greasy substance (oh, it's just called terrible pitching) to get back to Sano at bat!?
But the Cleveland pitching staff does lead the AL in the number of strikeouts. And the Twins do come in last in that category. So whether "pitching to contact" is intentional or not, it is what the Twins pitchers are doing.