Yeah Buxton back means Cave and LaMarre both go down (unless Cave really hits and forces you to keep him up and platoon with Buxton) and you get that 13th pitcher. To my mind:

 

Polanco = Petit down

Mauer = LaMarre down

Buxton = Cave down

 

Kind of tricky since Mauer seems likely to be first back and Buxton might be third.

Meh, Petit isn't playing anyway. And if Mauer comes back, he's going to be taking 1B/DH at-bats, which is going to push us to play Sano at third pretty much exclusively, rendering Petit even less necessary.

If Petit isn't playing anyway, I wonder why they don't call up a one-dimensional but useful player to PH or PR. I guess that would mean Vargas, or pick up a has-been off waivers who might be able to PH late in a game.

 

Meh, Petit isn't playing anyway. And if Mauer comes back, he's going to be taking 1B/DH at-bats, which is going to push us to play Sano at third pretty much exclusively, rendering Petit even less necessary.

 

That's a good call. If Sano or Morrison is DHing you worry but with Mauer back that won't happen. It does mean a lot of Escobar at SS but you live with that for the bat.