Byron Buxton Makes His Feelings Clear on Twins Future originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Despite persistent trade rumors this summer, Byron Buxton has firmly stated his allegiance to the Minnesota Twins.

The optimism surrounding Byron Buxton’s sore ribs turned into realism on Tuesday. It’s about to be August, after all. Buxton, pulled from Saturday night’s game after telling trainer Nick Paparestathat he was experiencing pain in his ribs when he ran,

The Twins sent Buxton for magnetic resonance imaging on Sunday and manager Rocco Baldelli said that day the diagnosis was “a good outcome” and that Buxton would “hopefully be back very soon.” But now his day-to-day injury will have him out for at least 10 days, and the Twins will have to make do without their most-impactful player.