Minnesota's Byron Buxton is making a case to earn an All-Star selection for the second time in his career. The veteran outfielder will get another opportunity to improve his chances when the Twins play the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night to start a three-game series in Minneapolis.

By the end of the Twins’ 17-6 implosion against the Brewers on Friday night at Target Field, both teams had a position player pitching. This is not the way the game was meant to be played. But it is the way managers run pitching staffs in this era.