May 17, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, tony&rodney said: A week ago there was confusion about the extent of Buxton's injuries. The explanation was quite clear to me. Everyone within the Twins circle, such as players and coaches, already understood the situation. Clarity helps and I can't think of any reason to question the plan for Buxton's playing time going forward. I certainly agree that there is more clarity now. Prior to Baldelli's postgame comments on Saturday (from team and media reports) there wasn't much information at all about Buxton's injury status. I think it is still debatable that the course of action is proper. If Buxton misses dozens of games and still ends up on the Injured List, second guessers will have ample ammunition to blame management (and they might be right). We fans don't have all the information that the club and medical consultants do and I will believe they are doing the right thing, but by no means does saying that this is the plan make it the right thing.
May 17, 20224 yr Since we have no clue as to what 'the right thing' is; perhaps we are best off reserving judgement. Painful and difficult as that may be.
May 17, 20224 yr Just now, Craig Arko said: Since we have no clue as to what 'the right thing' is; perhaps we are best off reserving judgement. Painful and difficult as that may be. Right. Just because fans don't like it doesn't make it wrong
May 17, 20224 yr Just saw that Buck is going to sit/rest again tonight. Looks like this is the way it's going to be the rest of the way.
May 17, 20224 yr 18 hours ago, RickOShea said: Does anyone really know the situation with Buxton? Is he just a chronically prone to injury athlete? I see all these posts, like everyone knows. The truth is, maybe we don't really know ****. Til, Buxton, the FO, or his mommy can give us the true facts, it's a guessing game. The front office and Baldelli has mentioned multiple times that Buxton tries to get on the field every single day and they have to rein him in constantly. Baldelli even called him an "unreliable narrator" once if I recall correctly, meaning Buxton always says "I'm fine" while he can't even run down the first base line. This has been pretty well documented for years now. Buxton obviously wants to play and will do all he can to get into any game.
May 17, 20224 yr 34 minutes ago, CRF said: Just saw that Buck is going to sit/rest again tonight. Looks like this is the way it's going to be the rest of the way. Do you have information that the swelling in the knee is not going to improve?
May 17, 20224 yr 15 minutes ago, jorgenswest said: Do you have information that the swelling in the knee is not going to improve? Even if this message board was full of medical doctors, I don't think we'd be able to give that information (HiPAA notwithstanding) because none of us are Buck's doctor
May 17, 20224 yr Not playing every other day is interesting. I expect if that maintains we would see a trip to the DL....no?
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