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Twins All-Star Byron Buxton Healthy and at His Best

MINNESOTA TWINS (TARGET FIELD), JUL 15 – Byron Buxton has a .925 OPS and 17 stolen bases this season while refusing to waive his no-trade clause and pledging to stay with the Twins for his entire career.

  • Byron Buxton, a 31-year-old Minnesota Twins center fielder, has produced a strong 2024 season highlighted by his first career cycle and an All-Star Game appearance in Georgia.
  • Buxton overcame multiple surgeries on his right knee, a concussion from a mid-May collision, and previous lower-body injuries that had cast doubt on his ability to return to this level.
  • He played 78 first-half games, hit.289 with 21 home runs, achieved 17 stolen bases in 17 attempts, and earned praise from manager Rocco Baldelli for his ability and work ethic.
  • Buxton expressed his commitment to spending his entire career with the Minnesota Twins and admitted feeling nervous on bobblehead day, while highlighting the intense dedication required to maintain his physical condition.
  • Buxton's resurgence suggests a healthy version of him can significantly impact the Twins, who are 11.5 games behind their division lead and have him under a $100 million, seven-year contract extension signed in December 2021.
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Twins All-Star Byron Buxton healthy and at his best

The questions around Byron Buxton have never been about his talent. They’ve never been about his work ethic. They’ve never been about his desire. They’ve been about one thing and one thing only: his health. “If he could stay healthy” was the beginning to so many sentences, sentences that ended with things like “then he could be one of the best players in the game.” Byron Buxton is healthy — and has been for most of the first half of the season —…

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Pioneer Press broke the news in Saint Paul, United States on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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