Buxton, Crochet, G. Torres, Lauer, Arozarena

Stay healthy, Buxton... Byron Buxton (OF, MIN) has been relatively healthy in 2025, inching toward one of his highest plate appearance totals. He has 23 home runs, 17 stolen bases, and a .282 BA in 364 PA. Buxton could be pushing toward a career-best season in his 11th season. Have any skills changed? Or is health his main hurdle?

Season	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	ct%	h%	QBaB	GB%/FB%	PX/xPX	HR/F	SB%/SBO	BPX
2021	254	19/9	.306/.309	74%	34%	ACd	40%/38%	206/141	29%	90%/23%	400
2022	382	28/6	.224/.254	66%	24%	AAf	31%/51%	202/165	24%	100%/9%	300
2023	347	17/9	.207/.222	64%	26%	AAf	32%/54%	157/140	16%	100%/14%	132
2024	388	18/7	.279/.265	72%	34%	AAd	29%/47%	163/123	15%	78%/13%	261
2025	364	23/17	.282/.264	70%	34%	ABc	38%/45%	174/139	22%	100%/21%	284

Buxton has been running more and staying relatively healthy:

• Buxton teased us...

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