Baseball isn’t ballet, but even by MLB standards, this one was more demolition derby than diamond duel. In a showdown that looked more like a high-speed collision of egos and elbows, chaos reigned supreme. The Minnesota Twins found themselves in the eye of a storm, as one franchise’s shiny $200 million hope limped off the stage, less like a hero, more like a very expensive cautionary tale.
My god! Don’t show the world that again. Collisions are one of the worst things that can happen on the field, and one just happened in the Twins-Orioles game. Things might not look serious from the outside, but when a player leaves the field due to this, it gets very scary.
It was reported through Jake Rill’s Twitter handle about this collision. He wrote, “After center fielder Byron Buxton and shortstop Carlos Correa collided in center field — with Buxton making the catch to retire #Orioles‘ Cedric Mullins — Correa is now exiting the game. In the 3rd inning.”
After center fielder Byron Buxton and shortstop Carlos Correa collided in center field — with Buxton making the catch to retire #Orioles‘ Cedric Mullins — Correa is now exiting the game. in the 3rd inning.
Both Buxton and Correa were checked over for a lengthy amount of time.
— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) May 15, 2025
All this went down after a fly ball from Cedric Mullins that was falling at shallow center. Both Bryon Buxton and Carlos Correa were not watching the ball and maybe did not call for it. Both of them collided with each other and were down for a long time. Correa was taken out of the game in the third inning, and with his injury ridden history, it might not look good.
With Correa’s injury history reading longer than a CVS receipt, this latest blow feels like déjà vu wrapped in déjà pain. If the Twins hoped to protect their $200 million investment, maybe “mutual awareness” drills should’ve been made in spring training. Baseball gods can be cruel—but sometimes, it’s just bad communication playing shortstop. Either way, Minnesota’s front office might want to start pricing bubble wrap.
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