Assuming you mean Hicks, I think the plan was that the backup CFer was also capable of handling the role of leadoff hitter, but he's on the DL. I look at this roster and there is not a suitable leadoff guy, period. The best OBP guys are all plodders once on the basepaths, and everyone else is having trouble getting on base more than a .300 clip. The problem isn't a lack of leadoff guy, per se, it's a lack of production period.