{"id":661809,"date":"2026-04-04T00:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:15:19","slug":"what-happened-to-byron-buxton-live-injury-updates-for-twins-vs-rays-on-4-3-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661809\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Byron Buxton? Live injury updates for Twins vs. Rays on 4\/3\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading151976_e554f3-7c\">Check out the latest updates regarding Twins outfielder Byron Buxton\u2019s injury status after he left Friday\u2019s game against the Rays.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Per the Twins, Byron Buxton left the game with a \u201cright forearm contusion\u201d and X-rays were negative.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MNTwins<\/a> spokesman says Byron Buxton left the game with a &#8220;right forearm contusion&#8221; after HBP in the 7th. X-rays showed nothing broken, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Twins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat Borzi (@BorzMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorzMN\/status\/2040214877839466741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton exited Friday\u2019s game against the Tampa Bay Rays early due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>During the bottom of the seventh inning, Buxton was hit on the wrist\/arm area by a fastball and immediately left the field of play. There is no official update on his injury status.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not good: Byron Buxton appears to get hit in the right wrist with a pitch in the 7th, drops his bat and walks right to the dugout. James Outman replaces him on the bases. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MNTwins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@twins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat Borzi (@BorzMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorzMN\/status\/2040211111161602376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buxton was 0-for-3 with a strikeout prior to the injury on Friday. He was replaced on the basepaths by James Outman.<\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old veteran, Buxton has gone just 4-for-23 to start the 2026 season. However, he\u2019s coming off an excellent 2025 in which he slashed .264\/.327\/.551 with a career-best 35 home runs and 83 RBI. Health concerns have been a prevalent theme throughout his 12 years in the MLB though, so his status will be one to monitor closely.<\/p>\n<p>The Twins are just 2-4 to begin the new season but held a lead over the Rays when Buxton left the game.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to DK Network for the latest injury updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the latest updates regarding Twins outfielder Byron Buxton\u2019s injury status after he left Friday\u2019s game against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,822,60,3190,4,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-661809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-twins","11":"tag-minnesotatwins","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116343559035234108","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}