Twins’ Buxton heads for MRI after injury on slide

Outfielder Byron Buxton is getting an MRI on his proper knee after leaving within the first inning of Friday’s sport towards the Crimson Sox in Boston, Twins supervisor Rocco Baldelli stated.

Buxton was damage on a last-second slide into second base after the Crimson Sox had misplayed his pop fly to shallow left area to guide off the sport.

“Clearly, he was feeling some actual discomfort,” Baldelli stated. “He performs by way of loads. He is a tricky man and he all the time desires to be on the sphere. I feel on this occasion, he knew it was one thing he was not going to have the ability to play at the moment with.”

Talking after Minnesota’s 8-4 win, Baldelli stated he’d maintain off on making any roster strikes till the outcomes of the MRI got here again to the workforce.

“We’re not gonna go there but. We’re gonna wait and see what we discover out,” Baldelli stated.

Buxton signed a seven-year, $100 million extension with Minnesota in November, regardless of a checkered harm previous.

Since he made his main league debut on June 14, 2015, he has performed in simply 500 of the Twins’ 978 video games and has been on the injured listing 11 instances in his profession.