Twins: Byron Buxton Homers in Cleveland

By TheNaturalMevs on April 28, 2021

In between missing time for this and that, Byron Buxton continued to hit a ton for the Minnesota Twins.

In the Twinkies second straight loss to the Cleveland Indians – the Twins are off to their worst start in many years – Buxton homered for the 7th time in 2021.

Also, he had an infield single to give him a multi-hit performance.

Byron Buxton had a sprint speed of 30.9 ft/sec on his infield single!

30.0 ft/sec is considered elite. pic.twitter.com/Dy1sw8B932

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) April 27, 2021

To put in perspective how phenomenal Buxton has been all around in 2021, here is a look at the WAR charts in baseball headed into tomorrow:

fWAR

1. Mike Trout: 1.8

t2. Byron Buxton: 1.7

t2. Ronald Acuña Jr: 1.7

bWAR:

1. Mike Trout: 1.7

2. Byron Buxton: 1.6

t3. J.D. Martinez: 1.5

t3. Ronald Acuña Jr: 1.5

Buxton is hitting .390 with a .429 on-base percentage to go along with an .847 slugging percentage. Something at the plate has been unlocked for the outfielder and he’s putting it all together.