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His average exit velo is up nearly 4 mph, hard hit % is up 7.5% and barrel rate is up nearly 11% to a very strong 15% in September. He's been fairly unlucky with an expected slash line of .282/.282/.597 this month. His batted balls have been much better and hitting line drives has always been the best approach to baseball.

Seriously, don't bother with any more uninformed drivel. You have provided zero factual evidence, it is clear you just have a bias against Byron Buxton. To reiterate, this is embarrassing behavior for a supposed adult. You are not owed his medical information. The medical staff knows more about his situation than you could ever know and they only just cleared him to play. These are facts, a word which you clearly have a tenuous grasp on. Your opinions on this matter are baseless, entirely uninformed and, frankly, worthless. Don't bother.

The medical staff hasn't cleared him to play baseball. Your speculation about his injury is entirely useless. Forming an opinion off of such useless speculation is extraordinarily silly, bordering on intentionally oblivious. You say there is "not a shred of evidence showing us what the injury is" - I've already called this entitled behavior out for what it is, however it's funny to me that you can't see the obvious hypocrisy in noting this and then immediately speculating as to the nature of his injury. They haven't given information (because you're not entitled to this), and yet you're spinning that as if it means he's perfectly healthy. Copy/pasting a definition you found online of diagnostic imaging isn't really an argument. A clean MRI does not mean he's healthy which, again, is why the medical staff didn't clear him to play baseball. You have to understand how illogical that is. "I personally don't think he's hurt" could not be further from a fact, and it's honestly pretty funny you think it's smart to portray it as such. Byron Buxton has a very unfortunate and frequent injury history which has prevented him from playing as much baseball as any of us would like - Byron Buxton most of all. Making that out to be some kind of moral failing is childish behavior, particularly when I have provided you with evidence that he spent 10+ hours in the training room daily for months simply to DH for the Twins last season. Saying he has a low threshold for pain with absolutely nothing to support that should be embarrassing. I haven't insulted you, I said your opinions are entirely baseless and objectively wrong given what we know for a fact about Byron Buxton's character. My characterization of your words is not an insult. You simply have not paid attention to that aspect of Byron Buxton's career and you are woefully uninformed to call him soft, or to say he's choosing not to play. That he's back in the lineup tomorrow is even more evidence that he isn't choosing to sit out, and yet you choose to spin that so that you can remain biased against him. That much is entirely evident.

This is ludicrous, and laughably so. You will never be able to prove this uninformed opinion, I'd encourage you to save your time. I disagree, and so do the facts, with any speculation that Byron Buxton doesn't care or isn't working hard enough to get back on the field. My "inside knowledge" is listening to and reading from the journalists who actually speak to the man. They are infinitely more informed than folks who sit on their couch and spew such unsubstantiated blathering.

Feels kind of crazy to say that Kyle Farmer has been one of the better hitters on the team in the last month. Since August 1st he has the best OPS on the team with a .946.

Thank god Rocco pitched Duran in the 9th and he was perfect!

MRI's coming back clean doesn't mean a guy is perfectly healthy and ready to go. The Twins' medical staff hasn't cleared him to pitch. Weird speculation that he's "given up on the season" - why are you saying that?

"Evidence" is a curious choice of words, but not surprising from someone who continues to incorrectly use the word soft. A clean MRI doesn't mean a guy is physically able or cleared to play. The Twins' medical team has not cleared him to play baseball, I think they know a little bit more about his body than a couple of people on a forum. You can feel however you want to feel and I've never said otherwise, but it is objectively stupid to say that Byron Buxton is soft. Soft means he's choosing not to play - which would be a completely inaccurate characterization of Byron Buxton's career if you would have paid any attention at all to how hard he plays and how much he wants to be on that field. It's clear neither of you guys paid attention to the work that it took Byron Buxton to play at all last year. Read literally any article from any beat writer on Byron Buxton's training schedule last year. You can start here since neither you or @cheeseheadgophfan seem to be capable of doing any research on your own. Is spending 7 hours with the trainer before a game, playing the game and getting treatment throughout and going back into the training room after the game enough for you two gatekeepers? https://www.startribune.com/byron-buxton-interview-injuries-2023-season-minnesota-twins-spring-training/600348249

Who said they aren't allowed to? The next time I see anything different will be the first!

Jax is the better reliever and the bottom of the order was coming up in the 8th. Acting like you'd choose Bailey Ober to get 3 outs over Duran in any scenario is funny to me, though!

Oh sorry, I'll join the circle jerk of constant, unrelenting complaining next time! "baseball conversation" hahahahahahaha

the fact that y'all think anyone on the Twins reads this dumbass forum will always amuse me hahaha

Duran not being able to get 6-7-8-9 out being Rocco's fault is why I keep coming back here, never ending pit of hilarious takes!

Yes, that's what they did!

thank heavens wallner and larnach got to prove their worth against a lefty

Like I said initially, it's very clear you're not paying attention. You want to keep running your mouth when you're clearly unqualified in any way to do so? That's on you.

"Paying attention" being the operative words - Buxton was playing hurt all of last year, requiring hours and hours of time every day in the training room just to be able to swing the bat a few times a game. Literally anyone who reports on the team & has access to the players couldn't stop talking about how much he wanted to play. Calling him soft means you're not paying any attention to his entire history in a Twins uniform. You don't want Byron Buxton to be on the field more than he does. Watching the games doesn't mean you're paying attention to what Byron is doing off the field to try and get healthy. And you're not owed any of his medical information, don't act so entitled. If he was healthy enough to play, he'd be on the field - that's just a fact. Extraordinarily silly to think otherwise - why would he or the team not want him to play if he were healthy? All it takes is a modicum of logic to puzzle this out.

always send the runner!!

Pleasantly surprised to see Billy Amick with a sub 20% strikeout rate and a reasonable 25% chase rate (28% is average in MLB). 70% contact isn't great, but if you're generally making very hard contact and walking like that it will play. Culpepper has looked very good defensively from what I've seen, with a great arm that will definitely allow him to stick at 3B at the very least.

It's like you didn't pay attention at all last season (or through his career) if you think Byron isn't pushing to play whenever he can. Calling Byron Buxton soft, of all people, only proves you haven't been paying attention.

I never called him names, I called out the behavior for what it is. And if you can't tell what was heavily implied by the first comment, I've got some oceanfront property in north dakota you might be interested in.

Finally! Excited to see what he can do at the plate and should be a nice boost to the OF defense.

10 minutes after Seth's post... nevermind...

Keirsey called up, Kepler to IL?