Buxton is out of Saturday's lineup against the Rays, Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
He is hitting .175/.267/.250 with a 34.8 percent strikeout rate over his last 40 at-bats, and has yet to emerge from his awful funk at the plate. Max Kepler will slide over to center field and hit cleanup while Robbie Grossman joins the fray in right field.