MINNEAPOLIS -- Even during a socially distanced postseason without fans in the stands, it wouldn't be a Twins playoff run without the good old Homer Hanky.

The Twins, the Star Tribune and Cub jointly announced Sunday that the 2020 Homer Hanky will be available for purchase starting Tuesday at the Twins Clubhouse Store, select Cub locations and on the Star Tribune website. Some of the proceeds from each sale will go towards the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.

"The communal experience of waving a Homer Hanky is a postseason rite of passage for Twins fans, one that will continue in 2020," Twins president Dave St. Peter said in a statement. "Nothing can replace a full ballpark, but our organization, and the team on the field, are thrilled to know that Homer Hankies will be flying in living rooms across Twins Territory this fall."

A fixture of Twins postseason crowds since 1987 and present through both World Series runs and every subsequent home playoff game in club history, the Homer Hanky returned to its traditional white color in 2020. It features Minnesota’s alternate logo from throwback uniforms superimposed on a background of the state outline.

The 2019 "Bomba Squad" edition of the Homer Hanky was red, with surplus inventory eventually converted into face masks in coordination with Faribault Woolen Mill Co. and Love Your Melon as a means to help frontline workers protect themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Twins secured home-field advantage for the three-game Wild Card Series with their 7-3 win over Cincinnati on Saturday. They are guaranteed to host those games before relocating to the Southern California bubble for the Division Series and Championship Series, were they to advance that far.

No setbacks for Buxton, Donaldson
Both Byron Buxton and Josh Donaldson were again absent from the Twins' starting lineup for Sunday's regular-season finale against the Reds, but manager Rocco Baldelli indicated that neither player has experienced any setbacks since leaving Friday's game with a head contusion (Buxton) and right calf cramping (Donaldson).

Baldelli and president of baseball operations Derek Falvey indicated on Saturday that they were optimistic that Buxton could play in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series on Tuesday despite the center fielder exhibiting mild concussion symptoms. Baldelli said Sunday that Buxton's condition had, indeed, improved.

• Notes: Arraez returns; JD, Buxton day to day

The Twins didn't have a pregame update on Donaldson's condition, but the third baseman was said to be walking around normally on Saturday before he received a round of treatments. He is expected to undergo further treatment on Sunday.

"We’re going to treat this, not even just day-to-day, but maybe hour-to-hour," Baldelli said. "We’re going to continue to just monitor these guys and find out whatever we can. We haven’t had any setbacks or anything going in a negative direction in the last 24 hours, so we’ll take that."

Rogers' usage becoming more flexible
The strikeout numbers are still there. The walk totals are still low. But Taylor Rogers keeps allowing hits -- and he's not sure why.

"I’m still trying to continue to improve everything each day, refine things, just as I would in every other year," Rogers said earlier in the week. "Up to this point, it’s the same thing -- trying to always get better with location and make the slider a little sharper or anything like that. Just continuing to keep the nose to the grindstone. One of these days, I feel like things will turn around a little bit."

That turnaround didn't come on Saturday. In a rare seventh-inning appearance, Rogers entered to face the top of Cincinnati’s lineup with men on first and second and one out and allowed an RBI single to Nick Castellanos and hit Aristides Aquino to load the bases. He escaped with a strikeout and groundout, but it still marked the 15th time in his last 18 appearances in which he has allowed a hit.

Though Rogers, one of MLB's best relievers in 2019, was anchored to the ninth inning for much of last season and early this year, he has twice appeared in the eighth and once in the seventh in his last three outings. His last five appearances haven't come in clear save situations.

"Taylor's got to go out and do things he hasn't done a lot of this year," Baldelli said. "It was a good outing to prepare for playoff baseball, and also an opportunity to let him face some lefties."