I agree on Buxton. He has so much potential and ability...but is very injury prone. He either needs to play at 90% effort and smarter (to avoid being injured - which is still better than 90% of MBL outfielders); or the Twins should trade him. It is hard for an organization to plan on Buxton and his future.
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I agree on Buxton. He has so much potential and ability...but is very injury prone. He either needs to play at 90% effort and smarter (to avoid being injured - which is still better than 90% of MBL outfielders); or the Twins should trade him. It is hard for an organization to plan on Buxton and his future.
Cave, Buxton, Garver, Sano, Donaldson - their rate of striking out is incredible.
I just hope a playoff game doesn't ever come down to somebody needing to actually put the ball in play.
In general the strikeout rate in the majors is really high - something like 25% of plate appearances so far this year.
The only guy out of this group I worry about is Buxton. The guy just hasn't shown he can consistently hit big league pitching. Surprised Rocco doesn't at least have him bunt. The Twins need his all-world CF play, but Byron has to be some type of threat at the plate.
Other than half a season, I think Buxton needs to totally change his approach and swing and be a 1980s slap and speed guy. The analytics saying singles and SBs are overvalued are out the window when a guy looks like he is not going to consistently drive MLB pitching and has successfully stolen 33 straight bases.
Sure glad I didn't know what I'm was talking about when I posted this one. Buxton has been on an All-Star level tear ever since and he had another big night tonight. Glad to see the Twins bats break out against the Crew.
