Crystal Ball: Byron Buxton, OF, Minnesota Twins

Here's a Crystal Ball, by reader request, for Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out." The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

This particular CB is intended to be somewhat optimistic but not a maximal outcome. Does Buxton's tear late in 2016 presage a full breakout that would make this look too weak, or was it just a sample size fluke?

	Byron Buxton
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	SB	HBP	Age
2015	Twins	46	129	16	27	7	1	2	6	6	44	0.209	0.25	0.326	2	1	21
2016	Twins	92	298	44	67	19	6	10	38	23	118	0.225	0.287	0.43	10	3	22
2017	Twins	152	481	63	129	31	8	14	57	44	156	0.268	0.335	0.453	18	4	23
2018	Twins	162	578	83	167	33	10	18	78	49	149	0.289	0.349	0.474	24	4	24
2019	Twins	148	562	89	162	31	4	20	89	50	126	0.288	0.352	0.464	22	5	25
2020	Twins	154	581	83	152	36	5	17	76	52	119	0.262	0.325	0.429	18	3	26
2021	Twins	138	520	79	160	37	7	16	83	50	107	0.308	0.373	0.498	24	4	27
2022	Twins	153	567	90	165	33	5	21	90	48	100	0.291	0.354	0.478	23	7	28
2023	Braves	98	372	63	100	24	1	14	56	34	80	0.269	0.341	0.452	12	7	29
2024	Braves	147	557	90	159	31	3	17	89	45	108	0.285	0.342	0.443	15	3	30
2025	Braves	160	600	94	175	39	2	20	81	52	99	0.292	0.352	0.463	12	4	31
2026	Braves	147	552	85	153	27	2	15	83	47	92	0.277	0.342	0.415	19	7	32
2027	Braves	140	534	92	169	40	3	22	90	52	103	0.316	0.381	0.526	20	4	33
2028	Braves	129	418	79	119	22	2	15	70	59	100	0.285	0.378	0.455	15	4	34
2029	Braves	42	159	29	48	15	2	3	26	14	43	0.302	0.366	0.478	7	2	35
2030	Braves	58	234	21	49	12	1	3	25	20	52	0.209	0.275	0.308	5	1	36
2031	Braves	130	452	61	116	21	2	12	61	41	93	0.257	0.321	0.392	8	2	37
2032	Braves	70	156	14	31	6	0	1	7	11	19	0.199	0.251	0.256	2	0	38

		2166	7750	1175	2148	464	64	240	1105	697	1708	0.277	0.342	0.446	256	65

Crystal Ball: Byron Buxton, OF, Minnesota Twins

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