CF Byron Buxton looks to be finishing strong at the plate for a second straight season in his effort to become more than just a superlative defensive player. He laid down a nice safety squeeze bunt in the second inning to give the Twins a 2-0 lead and singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth when Minnesota scored twice in a 6-4 win over Detroit. Buxton is hitting .371 over his last 19 games. He finished strong last September but started poorly in 2017.

CF Byron Buxton made a couple of nice defensive plays in center field Saturday night but nothing to match the catch he made Friday night. Buxton did hit a long home run to right-center leading off the fourth inning, giving Minnesota a 6-5 lead at the time, and added a single later on. After making some adjustments to his hitting approach and mechanics, a tough thing to do in mid-year, Buxton is hitting ,379 over his last 17 games.

CF Byron Buxton may be scuffling on offense but his defense hasn't suffered one bit. Buxton ran a long way Friday night to catch a tailing liner to right center by 1B Miguel Cabrera of Detroit in the fourth inning. It saved a double or a triple and possibly a run because 3B Nicholas Castellanos followed with a single. "We watch him every day so we have that privilege," manager Paul Molitor said. "It's just one of those things. It's really hard for me to place value on just how much he's contributed to our team. Even with a year where he's trying to grow offensively. It just brings a presence to our club when we got out on the defensive side that we just can't match with any other kind of personnel out there."

CF Byron Buxton will remain part of the outfield rotation despite the Twins' plans to have some different faces on the corner outfield spots. "He's going to play a lot,'' manager Paul Molitor said. Buxton went hitless on Wednesday to snap his seven-game hitting streak.

OF Byron Buxton was reinstated from the disabled list after missing 14 games with a groin strain and migraine headaches. Buxton leads the Twins with 16 stolen bases, but is hitting only .218. He was 1-for-3 on Tuesday.

The Boston Red Sox placed second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the 10-day disabled list with left knee inflammation ahead of Tuesday night's home game against the Cleveland Indians.Pedroia, 33, missed three straight games with the ailment before going on the DL. The former American League MVP and four-time All-Star is batting .307 with six home runs and 54 RBIs this season.Boston added right-hander Addison Reed to the 25-man roster to fill Pedroia's spot. Reed was acquired in a deadline-day trade with the New York Mets on Monday.Reed, 28, had been serving as the Mets closer in the absence of injured closer Jeurys Familia, going 1-2 with a 2.57 ERA and 19 saves for New York this season before the trade.--The Oakland Athletics released right-hander John Axford, five days after designating him for assignment.Axford, 34, struggled this season by going 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA in 22 appearances. Opposing batters hit .310 against him. Axford was in his second season with the Athletics. He also has pitched... [More]

OF Byron Buxton returned from his rehab assignment and the Minnesota Twins reinstated him from the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday. Buxton, 23, missed 14 games on the DL with a left groin strain. He is batting .218 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in 84 games this season.

Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton returned from his rehab assignment and the club reinstated him from the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday.Buxton, 23, missed 14 games on the DL with a left groin strain. He is batting .218 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in 84 games this season.Minnesota recalled right-hander Dillon Gee from Triple-A Rochester in a corresponding move. Gee, 31, is 0-0 with a 4.15 ERA in four prior major league appearances this season with the Texas Rangers.Gee elected free agency on June 18 and joined the Twins on a minor league deal two days later. He is 3-1 with a 2.00 ERA in five starts for Rochester so far this season.Buxton and Gee fill roster openings that arose after the trades of reliever Brandon Kintzler to the Washington Nationals and left-hander Jaime Garcia to the New York Yankees.The Twins (50-53) are third in the American League Central standings, 6 1/2 games behind the division-leading Cleveland Indians but only 4 1/2 games back of an AL wild-card spot.

CF Byron Buxton (left groin strain/migraine headaches) played his second rehab game for Triple-A Rochester and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. He is scheduled to play for Rochester again on Sunday, and if all goes well he'll rejoin the Twins on Monday during their off day in San Diego then start in center field on Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game series against the Padres, manager Paul Molitor said Saturday. "I want to see two more healthy games, but (Friday) night was good, medical (report) was good postgame. We're going to try to get him out to San Diego on Monday if everything goes as last night did."

OF Byron Buxton (left groin strain/migraine headaches) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester on Friday night and led off the game with a home run. Buxton started in center field and went 2-for-4 with a walk. Buxton initially landed on the DL on July 15 with a groin injury. The Twins planned to activate him on Tuesday against the Dodgers, but migraines sidelined him that day and Wednesday. "Originally if we had brought him back on his eligible day on Tuesday, it would have been a 10-day break roughly with a lot of baseball work," Twins manager Paul Molitor said Friday. "As it turned out, he missed a couple of days in L.A. with the migraines. We were looking at two weeks. I thought not only to find out, make sure that leg was good, but that the symptoms of the migraines were behind him that to get out and play for the weekend made sense." Buxton is expected to play two more games for Rochester.

CF Byron Buxton remained on the DL on Wednesday as a result of migraine headaches he's been experiencing since Monday, the day he was eligible to come off the DL with a groin injury.

CF Byron Buxton was eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday after sitting out the past 10 days with a groin injury, but a migraine headache Monday sidelined him for another day.

CF Byron Buxton (left groin strain) is not expected to go on a rehab assignment and he's expected to be activated from the 10-day disabled list when he's eligible on Tuesday. Buxton has hit .218 with five homers, 16 RBIs and a career-high 16 stolen bases after a slow start this season.

CF Byron Buxton (left groin strain) had a workout on Friday and he could start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester as soon as Saturday. Buxton is eligible to return from the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday.

OF Byron Buxton, on the disabled list with a left groin strain, is doing "pretty well" and could be activated when he is eligible on July 25, according to manager Paul Molitor. Buxton has been at Minnesota's Target Field rehabbing the injury. The speedy young outfielder has his average up to .218 after being below .200 for much of the season. He has five homers, 16 RBIs and a career-high 16 steals. Buxton has hit .387 in 10 July games.

CF Byron Buxton was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left groin strain. Buxton sustained the injury Friday night when he slipped rounding second base en route to scoring on a bases-clearing double by 2B Brian Dozier in the fourth inning. The Twins were unclear if Buxton would heal with extended rest so decided the disabled list was the prudent option.

OF Byron Buxton was placed on the 10-day disabled list by the Minnesota Twins. Buxton exited Friday's 10-5 loss to the Astros in the sixth inning with left groin soreness. The 23-year-old is hitting .218 with five homers and 16 RBIs in 84 games this season.

CF Byron Buxton departed in the sixth inning with left groin tightness. He is considered day-to-day. Buxton finished 1-for-2 with a double and a walk. He tweaked his groin scoring from first base on a bases-clearing double by 2B Brian Dozier in the fourth inning.

CF Byron Buxton had two hits during Thursday's win against Baltimore and now has multiple hits in his past three games. After a slow start to the season in which Buxton was hitting under .200 for much of the year, the speedy outfielder is now up to .214. He has seven hits in his last 11 at-bats after totaling seven hits in his previous 15 games.

CF Byron Buxton entered Tuesday hitting .195 but raised his average to .204 by matching his career high with three hits. He homered for the first time since June 14, stole his 15th base of the season and made a highlight-reel, leaping catch at the wall on the very first play of the game. The homer was his fourth of the season and manager Paul Molitor said he sees Buxton making strides in his approach at the plate.