January 29, 201412 yr http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/49930/twins-of-byron-buxton Looks like Sportsnation has a chat with BB at 1:30 today. Bonus: Buck is curretnly gracing the front page of ESPN's site.
January 29, 201412 yr Pretty vanilla overall (as most athlete chats are) but I liked this answer - Austin R. (Savage, MN) Where do you think your bat fits in the lineup in the current twins roster?? Byron Buxton (2:48 PM) Hopefully I'm more experienced and more disciplined at the plate to be a leadoff hitter. That's where I've hit most of my life. I feel confident there. Hopefully leadoff. I don't really care where he bats but I like that he cares.
January 30, 201412 yr Author And it's interesting that a big-name, well-rounded prospect such as himself isn't campaigning for the middle of the lineup.
January 30, 201412 yr Living within the constraints of a typical lineup I could certainly live with: Buxton Dozier? Mauer Arcia Sano sometime in 2015.
January 30, 201412 yr He is a father, which is great, but interesting that Mauer's Twins and Buxton's first child are almost the same age.... Just a cool random thought.... I hope Bux realizes he's got a looong way to go , a lot of hard work left yet to do, well for at least 1 more year anyway.
January 30, 201412 yr Buxton, Mauer, Sano, Arcia, Hicks, Rosario, Dozier 1-7 opening day 2015. With those names I'd go Buxton, Hicks, Mauer, Sano, Arcia, whoever the DH is, Dozier, Rosario. But could flip around Rosario/Dozier/Hicks in pretty much any fashion. I think Sano is going to be your prototypical clean-up guy. He's not going to have the batting avg. (compared to Mauer) for the 3-spot, and Buxton/Hicks will score a ton of runs in front of them.
January 30, 201412 yr If you made it through Tuesday's Hangout, Seth and I spent about 10 minutes near the end of the 113 minutes we talked discussing the Twins lineup once the prospects are ready.
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