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La Velle E. Neal III: Buxton will start season as DH after smashing spring training debut

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Byron Buxton announced his arrival to spring training on Tuesday with a loud crack of the bat, rifling a double to the right-center field wall in his first plate appearance in a major league spring training game this season.

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Experts Come Together for LABR Draft Review

Best picks, biggest regrets and nastiest snipes from this 15-team draft.

Sports Illustrated

Michael A. Taylor bringing another Gold Glove to Twins outfield

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Initials are important to Michael A. Taylor. Take that middle letter, for instance — it stands for Anthony, his father's first name, and he's asked that it be included as part of his own baseball name since he turned pro 13 years ago.

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Jim Souhan: While preparing (reluctantly) to DH, Buxton asserts: ‘I’m a center fielder’

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Twins' designated hitter in 2023 will bat from both sides of the plate.

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Twins’ trade with Kansas City lands Gold Glove center fielder Taylor

The Twins will head into the 2023 season with two Gold Glove center fielders.

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Carlos Correa’s Return Makes the Twins a Contender. Now They Must Add More

Minnesota won back its star shortstop, but it has more work to do in its lineup in order to set its sights on October.

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La Velle E. Neal III: Carlos Correa returning is a victory for Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — On March 23 of last year, Carlos Correa signed a three-year, $105.3 million contract with the Twins.

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Where Have All the Star Center Fielders Gone?

This is the worst the position has been in at least 50 years. What happened? Is there hope for a revival?

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Jim Souhan: Here’s the one bit of baseball that Miguel Sano never mastered

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins cut Miguel Sano loose this week, ending a relationship of a dozen years. What happened to one of baseball's most celebrated prospects?

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Jim Souhan: Healthy Twins team — featuring Byron Buxton — could win 90 games next season

MINNEAPOLIS — This has been one of the most confounding Twins seasons in memory.

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Jim Souhan: If Twins can stay healthy, especially Buxton, it could be a 90-win season

This has been one of the most confounding Twins seasons in memory.

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MLB Power Rankings: Where the 16 Remaining Playoff Contenders Stand

The field narrows as some teams fall out of the playoff race, while the Dodgers move toward a triple digit win count and the Yankees extend their division lead.

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La Velle E. Neal III: It won’t be easy for Twins to catch Guardians in AL Central race

We're at that time of the season where starters might be asked to pitch deeper in games just as often as relievers will be summoned earlier to keep deficits from getting out of hand.

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Byron Buxton leaves game early as Twins edged by Rangers 2-1

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins lost to the Rangers 2-1 on Monday, going 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. But that wasn't the most worrying outcome of the game.

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Twins take early lead, then falter in 4-2 loss to Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Twins will head home from SoCal having gone 1-4 on the West Coast, the final blow being a 4-2 loss to the Angels on Sunday.

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Chip Scoggins: There was so much promise, but look at Miguel Sano now

MINNEAPOLIS — The transaction happened within a vortex of trade deadline frenzy, so subtle that it escaped without much notice or emotion.

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Twins ride big inning, and a break, to beat Padres, 7-4

SAN DIEGO — Sonny Gray played an important role, and Byron Buxton, too. Carlos Correa gave the Twins some room, and Jhoan Duran helped make it stand up.

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Souhan: Should Rogers vs. Sano vex Twins fans? Look at the numbers

Sometime this weekend, Miguel Sano may bat against Taylor Rogers, an event created by the baseball gods to boil a Twins fan's blood.

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Twins go down to the wire, lose to Brewers 7-6 in bottom of the ninth

MILWAUKEE – Dylan Bundy has been a major-league starting pitcher for seven seasons, but had never faced the Brewers. Joe Smith has been a big-league reliever for twice as long and has faced absolutely everybody.

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Stanton, Buxton HRs lead AL over NL for 9th straight ASG win

Giancarlo Stanton and Byron Buxton homered back-to-back in the fourth inning to rally the American League over the National League 3-2 in the All-Star Game

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Twins waste their own six-run inning in 9-7 loss to Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas — On Friday, it was the Rangers who overcame an early 3-0 deficit with a big five-hit, six-run inning. On Saturday, the Twins fell short of doing the same.

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One big inning enough for Rangers to beat Sonny Gray, Twins

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A steady stream of Twins baserunners and hits weren't a match for a one-inning downpour from the Rangers.

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Buxton's offense, defense spark Twins past White Sox 6-3 in 10 innings

CHICAGO — Just when you thought Byron Buxton had lost his sense of the dramatic, he went and made Twins history.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox open crucial stretch with loss to Twins

Minnesota scored four times in the 10th inning to drop the Sox 5 1/2 games back in the AL Central.

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Twins turn tables, beat Orioles on Byron Buxton's two-run walk-off homer, 3-2

MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton drove a two-strike slider from Orioles closer Jorge Lopez into the left-field seats in the bottom of the ninth inning, providing a dramatic finish — and a 3-2 Twins victory — to a game that included little offense until that final swing.

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