Jhonny Peralta was the Opening Day third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, but that job will likely be off limits when he returns from the disabled list.
Jedd Gyorko stepped in for Peralta and has emerged as one of the Cards' best hitters with a .333/.390/.620 slash line and seven home runs.
With Gyorko entrenched at the hot corner, what do the Cardinals do with Peralta, who landed on the DL with an upper respiratory infection and is on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Memphis?
Derrick Gold of the St.