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Buxton exited after the sixth inning Saturday with left side soreness. He is scheduled to undergo medical imaging Sunday.
Byron Buxton times his jump at the right-center wall to make an incredible leaping catch for the second out of the top of the 1st
Byron Buxton, in the midst of an MVP caliber season, has also been having the healthiest year of his career. While we don't know a lot of information at this time, the Twins.TV broadcast reported that Buxton exited Saturday's game in the top of the seventh inning with soreness in his left side.
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Buxton did more than something good. He became the first player to hit for the cycle at Target Field since the ballpark opened in 2010, helping ignite the Twins to a 12-4 win over the Pirates. It was the 12th cycle in Twins history and the first since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.
Minnesota was the home of the first All-Star Week Home Run Derby in 1985, as Tom Brunansky took second while mashing dingers in the Metrodome. In 2008, Justin Morneau also made it to the big stage of the derby.
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The Minnesota Twins will likely be sellers before the MLB trade deadline, but it could be challenging to deal Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa.
It was a bad night all around for the Twins, and their sloppy 9-3 loss to the Nationals was only a small part of that. Star center fielder Byron Buxton was removed from the game in the seventh inning due to what the club called “left side soreness,