Twins center fielder Byron Buxton made it his goal to return from the injured list in time to finish the regular season, something he hadn’t done in recent years. Buxton’s goal has officially become reality.

Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa were in the same lineup for the first time in the season’s second half. So, are the Twins optimizing their star players as they return from injury?

The Twins featured Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis in the same lineup Saturday night for the first time since July 2. But it won’t be two days in a row that the band is all back together as Correa and Buxton are out of the lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Cincinnati Reds.

Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa may be back on the active roster, but the Twins have made it clear that the two stars are not fully healthy. Even knowing that, the Twins opted to bring them back “the earliest we reasonably could,

Both Twins stars were just activated from the injured list following long absences, but the team will continue to be careful with them.

The Minnesota Twins have both Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa back but they are a shell of themselves heading into the postseason.