The outfielder of Minnesota Twins, Byron Buxton, is one of the best talents the organization has had in recent years. However, the number of injuries that the player suffers throughout a season does not allow him to see his full potential.
For this 2023 campaign Major League Baseball The outfielder missed a good number of games in the regular round. In total he played only 85 games, making it another year where he cannot reach 100 games played.
However, for the fourth game of the Serie Divisional of the American League between Minnesota Twins y Houston Astros, MLB approved Rocco Baldelli’s team to add Byron Buxton to the roster.
Twins number 25 will be available for the team to replace Alex Kirilloff who will be out due to injury and will not be able to return until World Seriesin the event that the set of Minnesota manage to advance to the next phase.
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Byron Buxton will once again be at Baldelli’s disposal for the first time since August 1, when he played his last regular round match in 2023 against St. Louis Cardinals. On that occasion, he went 1 for 4 with one strikeout.
Byron Buxton will be off the bench for Minnesota Twins
Although the outfielder will not be in the starting lineup for this important fourth game of the ALDS due to the lack of activity, having a player with a hierarchy of Byron Buxton from the dugout can be an important morale boost for the team. Additionally, he can be an important piece as a pinch-hitter.
As far as the postseason is concerned, the outfielder has seen action in the Wild Card Series (2017 and 2020) where in three games he has a batting average of .167 with a couple of RBIs.
MLB has approved Byron Buxton’s return to the Twins roster for Game 4 tonight. He’ll replace the now injured Alex Kirilloff
Buxton hasn’t played since August 1st pic.twitter.com/jHZ4UTDC73
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 11, 2023
2023-10-11 21:31:02
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