Hernandez can't be recalled until 5/12 without being a DL-list countermove.I do like that idea of sending Owens down today and bringing up Marco Hernandez (or someone else, if appropriate) and then swapping that guy out in time for Tuesday's game when they need the 5th starter again. Heck, if Price and Buchholz pitch like they can and rest the 'pen, do a bullpen game, letting Hembree, Ross, and Barnes each go 2-3 innings!
Which means the only position players available today without a 40-man countermove are Deven Marrero, Swihart, Castillo, Coyle, and Brentz. None of them has an OPS over .600 in AAA at the moment.
Edwin Escobar is now a Diamondback because someone wanted Cuevas in Boston for that one game, but whatever.
Pick your poison, I guess.