Byron Buxton Defensive Highlights 2017 (Minnesota Twins)

Byron Buxton is ranked as the #1 defensive fielder for Statcast in 2017.
Buxton lead the league in Outs Above Average (OAA) by 6 full points and Buxton lead the third place candidate by 9 full points.
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[@ryanwiuff2374]

A lot of these would be absolutely impossible for most center fielders to make, he is just ridiculously fast and makes a lot of them look so much easier than they really are

[@trance1215]

Makes so many plays look easy.

[@voxextremos22]

It's insane how much ground he covers he's all over centerfield

[@ryguy0021]

Guy is incredible

[@godlysnipes9119]

Go twins

[@sjang816]

you gotta love the guys that sacrifice their bodies to make a play even though it heightens the chances of injury and shortening their career

[@vbadger1056]

So glad buxton is a twin with buxton in cf for twins for years to come twins are gonna be great defensively

[@Angel-je3bh]

The future

[@sog4668]

My favorite player

[@eph.anisa18]

Such a good run saver

[@ronniemontoya9817]

Twins can play with 2 outfielders

[@ilikewaffles889]

Ronnie Montoya if they had 2 Byron’s

[@katherineberger6329]

2/3 of the earth is covered by water. The other 1/3 is covered by Byron Buxton.

[@shay11492]

I always wondered how JBJ didn't win a GG last season...now I understand. -Sox fan

[@goblue1997]

imagine an outfield with Buxton, Hunter, and Ichiro!

[@zzhang33]

Kyle Gibson getting lit up

[@isaiahwright2957]

Tho outfielder goat

[@Eric-oe8re]

You know you're good when you make 5 and a half minutes worth of defensive highlights. ALSO MAUER AND BUXTON GOLD GLOVE

[@kadinbrabender9836]

Dozier and buxton

[@Dohboyglizzy]

i smell a gold glove

[@aarongorman8237]

After watching this video I think Buxton has a claim for the AL MVP.

[@deadarmd]

The only guy better than Jackie Bradley Jr

[@Grubbo]

Guy reminds me of a gazelle in the outfield.

[@ilikewaffles889]

Grubbo I think he’s more of a cheetah

[@guthrie2ndStreet]

Check out the catch at 4:04! “OUCH!” Is the optimum word for that catch!

[@ilikewaffles889]

Don Bania That would describe a lot of his catches, he’s always running into those damn walls

[@robertgordon7983]

All the catches were with 2 or no outs except for 2

[@ilikewaffles889]

Robert Gordon Incorrect.

[@ilikewaffles889]

Robert Gordon I saw 4 with 1 out and I only started paying attention to it half way through the video

[@phoebeolson595]

im gonna be so mad if he doesnt win the gold glove lol. pillar is overrated asf

[@professorphil9834]

agreed

[@FirearmofMutiny]

So much of who wins the Gold Glove is based on reputation. Buxton definitely has that now. Any time I see on MLB Network or some other broadcast talk about speed or defense, Buxton is the first guy they bring up.

[@maxmorrison5230]

Phoebe Olson He won it with Brian Dozier

[@Ohmagawdjr]

Pillar and overrated in the same sentence is the most moronic thing anyone could say, especially when talking about defense. Yes, this last season Buxton was better, but even then Pillar was still the 3rd best defensive CF in baseball. Margot, Cain, Hamilton, JBJ, they're all good and none of them comes close to Pillar.
Buxton was certainly better last season, but saying Pillar is overrated is just plain stupid.

[@jonathanmartin8113]

Pillar is not overrated. He's better than Kiermaier and Buxton, but hey, it's a popularity contest and the league doesn't want the lone Canadian team win something.
Most of these catches from Buxton demonstrates his inability to read the ball well off the bat. Pillar has been the most consistant defensive CFer of the last 4 years and somehow he gets overlooked by subpar performances from other players.