"It's going to be a big part of his game," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "As an industry, I think we've seen the stolen base maybe kind of make a little bit of a resurgence here in the past few years. Guys that can do that and how it leads to opportunities to score runs when picking up that 90 feet. I know he's studious enough to take advantage of opportunities and he's gifted enough to have the speed to do it."
While with the Twins for 11 games in June before a thumb injury sent him to the disabled list, Buxton was 1-for-3 on steal attempts, but swiping bases in the Majors involves much more than pure speed.