Buxton, Baldelli address offensive struggles, lack of timeline for return to field
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Byron Buxton and Twins manager Rocco Baldelli were frank and honest about the Twins’ star’s recent offensive struggles as the team’s designated hitter, and why there is not a foreseeable timeline for Buxton’s return to the outfield.
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Buxton has exclusively played as the Twins’ designated hitter this season after battling a variety of injuries and ailments throughout his career.
Not counting the Covid-shortened 2020 season (in which he played 35 of the Twins 60 games), Buxton has averaged playing 83 games per season since becoming a full-time Twin before the 2016 season.
He has played 55 of 72 games so far this season.