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Byron Buxton's Talent vs. Injury Concerns Overview
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4/27/2025
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00:00
Well, Byron Buxton for Minnesota, a player that has tremendous talent, but, you know, can seemingly never stay healthy.
00:06
We're kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
00:07
It's like, that's the way I like to put it when it comes to Minnesota, whether it be him, whether it be Royce Lewis.
00:12
They have tremendous talent.
00:13
The offense can be there.
00:14
Hitting can be there.
00:15
Multiple categories can be there.
00:17
But will he be able to stay healthy and play 150 some odd games, whatever it might be?
00:21
He's phenomenal right now.
00:23
Obviously, this is a player that you are drafting, knowing going into the season that there are injury concerns with someone like Byron Buxton.
00:31
But he's hot right now, and I guess we got to just roll with it while we can.
00:34
Right, George?
00:36
Byron Buxton.
00:37
This is his 11th year in the league.
00:39
102, 85, 92, 61, 39, 87, 28, 140, 92, 66.
00:50
That's not how fast I was driving down to Florida last week.
00:53
That's how many games played he has.
00:56
All right?
00:56
You notice how there was only one triple digit in there.
00:59
All right?
01:00
If you think he's playing 150, I got some swampland in Florida to sell you, a bridge, some beachland front property in Iowa.
01:06
I mean, come on.
01:08
He's playing well.
01:09
We all know this about Buxton.
01:10
When he plays, he is a superstar.
01:13
Absolute superstar.
01:14
The injury is coming.
01:16
I have no problem with you drafting him.
01:17
None at all.
01:18
But if you told me you were expecting him to play, forget 150, 120, how would you have put the over-under at?
01:27
I wouldn't have made it 120, by the way.
01:29
The average is probably in the 80s.
01:32
Right.
01:33
We would have to set the line high 80s, low 90s from a realistic over-under game perspective.
01:38
I would like to have the confidence that he gets to the one teens.
01:41
Boy, I can't get there.
01:47
Listen, I love the player, but he's not – what is the most important ability in fantasy sports?
01:54
Availability.
01:55
He ain't got it.
01:55
He just doesn't – he's a fool me once, shame on you.
01:58
Fool me twice, shame on me.
02:00
Fool me ten times, I'm an idiot.
02:01
So if you were counting on him, if this guy's a bedrock of your fantasy team, good luck to you.
02:06
But the injury is coming.
02:08
I don't know if it's coming in April.
02:09
It's coming in May.
02:09
But it's coming.
02:10
And I know it's coming.
02:11
So if I drafted him, I would have had to prepare for that and have extra outfielders on my team because so late he's getting hurt here.
02:17
And you mentioned Royce Lewis, by the way.
02:18
Another guy, by the way.
02:19
He was buxing.
02:21
He was sort of incarnated, but he should be back in about a week.
02:25
All right.
02:26
So he's on a rehab assignment, I believe.
02:27
So he'll be back in about a week.
02:28
But he's another guy.
02:29
Can't stay healthy.
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