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Buxton gets call as Santana lands on DL

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Center fielder Byron Buxton was demoted to Triple-A in April after a brutal start with the Minnesota Twins. A team official announced the 22-year-old is set to rejoin the big-league club Tuesday with Danny Santana headed to the 15-day disabled list due to a hamstring injury.

"It (stinks)," Santana told MLB.com's Do-Hyoung Park through interpreter Carlos Font. "You never want this to happen - not to me, or to anyone, really."

Despite struggling over 46 games in Minnesota last year, Buxton landed a spot on the Twins' roster this spring, but was optioned back to Rochester on April 25 after hitting just .156/.208/.289 with no home runs and a 49 percent strikeout rate through his first 17 games.

Buxton, the second overall pick in the 2012 draft, tore up the International League in his five weeks with Rochester, hitting .333/.402/.605 with six homers, nine doubles, and four stolen bases in 28 games before being recalled.

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