Work hardening is a thing. This can't be managed on the IL. And if he goes on the IL, who comes up? There's no one. So, let's work it this way. Work hardening is what my work does when a player comes off an injury and needs to rebuild strength without worry of reinjury. Just like pitchers build up to going more innings, maybe Buxton has to build up to play more games. However they manage to get him out there as many times as possible, I guess that's the answer. As frustrating as it is. I wanted to hope that we'd see him in 130 games this year. I guess that was an unrealistic goal. It is what it is. Thankfully, we seem to have adequate subs this year. And hopefully Buxton contributes to a win each and every time he is on the field. If we win the games he plays in and he plays in 100 games, that's a pretty good season, imho.