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Byron Buxton has been a member of the Minnesota Twins since entering the league in 2015 and has made a name for himself as one of the best hitters in the league.
Buxton has made the All-Star Game twice, and he and the Twins have formed a successful relationship; in fact, the slugger is on a seven-year, $100 million deal he signed in 2021 that includes a full no-trade clause.
Even with the clause, Buxton reportedly 'felt disrespected' that the organization never shut down any trade rumors surrounding him during this past offseason, according to USA TODAY MLB columnist Bob Nightengale.
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From Buxton's point of view, it can be understandable why the two-time all-star could feel a certain way, considering that in the past few seasons in every sport, no player is ever 100 percent safe from not getting traded, no matter how long they have been with a franchise or what they have accomplished in the league.
However, for the Twins, they are probably in the mindset of, if we already have him under contract with a no-trade clause, and even if the team wanted to trade him, Buxton literally has the power to void it since he has made it clear in the past that he wants to remain with the Twins for the rest of his career.
With the season quickly approaching, these could cause a rift between Buxton and the organization and make a trade more likely than ever, especially when players tend to go into defensive mode and look for a potential escape to another team instead of taking the chance of being blindsided by a trade.
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