Jul 15, 2025; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; American League outfielder Byron Buxton (25) of the Minnesota Twins hits a double within the ninth inning through the 2025 MLB All Star Recreation at Truist Park. Necessary Credit score: Brett Davis-Imagn Pictures
Minnesota Twins All-Star middle fielder Byron Buxton has cartilage irritation in his rib cage and his standing is day-to-day, the crew introduced Sunday.
Supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned after Buxton’s MRI examination on Sunday that the outfielder won’t be positioned on the injured listing.
“It is a good final result,” Baldelli mentioned. “We’ll see how he’s tomorrow and so forth, however to be day-to-day with what he left the sport with, it is a good factor. We’ll measure him out, get him checked out by the trainers every day, get him quite a lot of remedy and, hopefully, he’ll be again very quickly.”
Buxton, 31, left Saturday’s 9-3 loss to the visiting Washington Nationals due to left-side soreness and sat out Sunday, when Harrison Bader began in middle subject and the Nationals gained 7-2 in Minneapolis.
Although Buxton has handled a spate of accidents all through his profession, the two-time All-Star has largely been wholesome this season aside from happening the concussion injured listing in Might.
Buxton is hitting .282 with 23 homers, 59 RBIs and 17 steals in 85 video games this season. He has a .343 on-base proportion, .561 slugging proportion and .905 OPS.
He’s a profession .249 hitter with 156 homers and 412 RBIs in 857 video games for the Twins because the 2015 season. Buxton earned the Gold Glove for American League middle fielders in 2017.
Minnesota chosen Buxton with the second total decide of the 2012 MLB Draft.
–Area Degree Media
