Even more eye-opening: Buxton finished with the fourth-most votes from the players. Only Judge (898), Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh (823), and Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (746) had more.

But when Buxton has been on the field, he's backed up his claim. Since 2019, Buxton has hit .277/.321/.575 with 42 homers, 105 RBI and 25 stolen bases over 187 games.

The Twins’ Most Valuable Player to this point has undoubtedly been Byron Buxton. He’ll likely be the team MVP at the end of ...

Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle, and Bert Blyleven struck out 15 batters in a 10-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on August 1 ...