This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/twins as Byron Buxton earns fourth-most player votes for MLB All-Star ...

Buxton doesn’t need to play in the All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, which is about 3 1/2 hours from his hometown (Baxley, Ga.). But he’d sure like to, especially if Castro and Duran ...

Among players with at least 500 plate appearances, Buxton's .588 slugging percentage ranks third behind Mike Trout and Fernando Tatis Jr. His .913 OPS also ranks 10th during that span.

Byron Buxton starts the game 0-for-3 with three strikeouts, falls behind 0-2 in his fourth at-bat ... and then launches a game-tying two-run homer to the opposite field on a 94.1 mph sinker ...

That is all-around excellence. I think of Eric Davis, the 1980s-90s stud, when I watch Buxton peaking. The former Reds star once hit 37 home runs while stealing 50 bases.

Who is Byron Buxton? Buxton was taken as the second overall pick in the 2012 MLB amateur draft out of Appling County High School in Georgia. Ironically he was taken one pick after the Houston ...

MINNEAPOLIS --In what shouldn't come as a huge surprise, Minnesota Twins outfield prospect Byron Buxton was named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year on Wednesday. Buxton, the No. 2 ...

Buxton hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh inning and a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th. He's on another level right now.

After the best month of his career, Buxton seems to be brimming with confidence. Last week, Buxton turned in a 5 for 5 day, one of eight multi-hit games for him in April. Twins’ Byron Buxton ...