Manager Rocco Baldelli said Buxton’s movement is still an issue, which kept him out of the lineup on Friday, but said the center fielder is “showing a lot of improvement.
The Twins placed Polanco on the IL for the first time (retroactive to June 13) with low back tightness, which has kept him off the field since Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays
After Thursday’s game, he is hitting .359 with a 1.106 OPS at Triple-A. And he’s driven the ball plenty, socking 10 home runs — including a grand slam earlier in the week — in 35 games with the Saints.