Byron Buxton
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About
MLB outfielder who debuted with the Minnesota Twins in 2015, after having been named the MLB's top prospect of the year.
Before Fame
After pitching for the Appling County High School baseball team, he became the second pick in the Major League Baseball Draft of 2012. Before officially joining the Minnesota Twins, he played for Minor League Baseball's Gulf Coast Twins, Elizabethton Twins, Cedar Rapids Kernels, and Fort Myers Miracle.
Trivia
During the 1990s, his cousin Dexter Carter was a running back for the NFL teams the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Baxley, Georgia. In 2013, he and his girlfriend Lindsey Tillery welcomed a son named Britton.
Associated With
He joined catcher Joe Mauer on the Twins in 2015.
