Report: Buck unlikely to return Sunday

Buck close to rehab assignment

The A's placed OF Travis Buck on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 19 with shin splints Thursday to make way for DH Frank Thomas.

Athletics place buck on disabled list

A's OF Travis Buck (shin) did not return to the starting lineup Wednesday against the Twins. He has missed the last four games and remains questionable for Thursday's series finale against Minnesota.

A's OF Travis Buck (shin) did not return to the starting lineup Tuesday against the Twins. He has missed the last three games and remains questionable for the final two games of the series.

Athletics OF Travis Buck missed his second straight game Sunday against the Royals because of shin splints. He has gone 1-for-12 in his last three games.

Athletics OF Travis Buck got the day off Saturday against the Royals because of shin splits. He missed a game last week because of the same injury. He has gone 1-for-12 in his last three games.

Athletics' Buck out with shin splints

Travis Buck, the A's leadoff hitter in 14 of the first 17 games, was dropped to the eighth spot and went 0-for-4 against Kansas City Friday.

Athletics' Buck goes hitless in loss

Athletics' Buck returns to lineup

Travis Buck is nursing shin splints, but will probably be in the lineup today against hurler Fausto Carmona and the Indians, according to MLB.com.He could use another day off, as he is only hitting .189 over 37 at-bats, with 12 strikeouts. Carmona is notably 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA right now.

Travis Buck will sit out the A's game on Friday due to shin splints, this according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The report also went on to say that Buck should be back in the lineup on Saturday.After an awful start to the year, Buck has seven hits and four RBI in his last three games so you'll want to keep him active and hope he only misses this one game.

Athletics' Buck gets day off due to shin

Buck doubles three times to lead A's

Travis Buck finally picked up his first hit of the year Tuesday, doubling in a run in the second while also adding a single later on.He finished with a 2-for-6 night at the plate, and while Buck is still batting just .074 on the year, that's certainly better than .000.

Travis Buck was on the bench on Saturday as the A's faced C.C. Sabathia as Buck is currently 0-for-18 with nine strikeouts.Buck is being counted on to provide a solid bat from the top of the A's lineup this season, and given the A"s dearth of top level talent, there would appear to be plenty of playing time coming his way to prove his worth at the major league level.

Travis Buck went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts against Boston on Tuesday.He notably went 0-for-5 on opening day as well, and could be playing himself out of a job.

Buck takes Golden Sombrero