The Minnesota Twins have scuffled without center fielder Byron Buxton in the lineup and things are about to get much tougher. After spending most of the past couple days fearing the worst, the Twins received bad news after Buxton visited a specialist in California on Monday.
After going through a barrage of tests, it was revealed that the left shoulder subluxation that Buxton has been dealing with since Aug. 1 was actually a torn labrum and will require season-ending surgery. The injury will also put him in a race to begin the 2020 season as the injury has a baseline of a five-to-six month recovery period.