Byron Buxton Credits Teammates for Keeping Him Sane Through Slow Start
Buxton is starting to find his way.
The Minnesota Twins dropped a 9-5 game to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday at Target Field, snapping a stretch where they had won eight of nine and looked like one of the surprising stories in baseball. The loss moves Minnesota to 11-8, still good enough to lead the American League Central, while Boston climbed to 7-11 and sits at the bottom of the AL East. It was a messy afternoon for the Twins, but one player who finally turned a corner was Byron Buxton, and he was honest about the last few weeks.
Buxton Opens Up on a Rough Start Buxton opened the year in a real funk, and he admitted after the game that trying to force his swing did not help. Byron Buxton becomes the all-time home run leader at Target Field š pic. twitter.
com/GcCM4rq1Vh ā MLB (@MLB) April 14, 2026 He finished the opening stretch hitting . 182 with ten hits in 55 at-bats and no home runs through 14 games, an OPS under . 550 that had people wondering if the slow spring had caught up with him.
"Obviously, three weeks and nine at-bats, that'll set you back a little bit," Buxton said. "I think I tried to rush my swing back within the first couple weeks. It was like, 'I know you ain't got it, but we're still going to go out here and get a hit.