The Minnesota Twins will look to extend its winning streak on Tuesday, following a Monday off to rest their rally sausage. Unfortunately, Byron Buxton will not be in the lineup as he continues to recover from his most recent knee injury.
Byron Buxton will test his knee for the Minnesota Twins today.
Buck believes his knee is ready for game play again, as the Twins notified beat reporters this afternoon that he will test his knee today “in front of the team”. If all goes well, he will have what appears to be a brief rehab assignment before returning to the lineup.
Buxton’s offensive performance has been up and down this season. But, before to his injury, he had appeared in almost every game of the Minnesota Twins’ season. Not only that, but according to Statcast’s new bat tracking algorithms, his bat speed remains higher than any other player on the team when he makes competitive swings.
Without a doubt, Buck’s defence and presence at the plate make him a valuable addition to the lineup, even when the results aren’t there offensively. But just as we were starting to believe that his knee could hold up, it went up.
Will he be healthy enough to begin whatever rehab assignment “some games” entails? And if so, can he play another 25 games without re-injury? Those questions have yet to be answered, but we’ll certainly learn more later in the day about his immediate future. In either case, he will be unavailable to face the New York Yankees.
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