There are no guarantees. I don't agree that the "only way to build his value" is at the ML level. He needs to learn how to hit, he is working on that in AAA. That, to me, makes sense for where he is right now. For him, not every player, for him where he is right now. "we" know a lot about Hicks from the last two years. What we know is that he really needs to work on hitting. For him, imo, that's best done in AAA right now. If he keeps this up for another 2 weeks or so, I would promote him, and then see what he has. So, we are arguing over 2 weeks or so..... And, in no way would I have had him up at the beginning of the year. He wasn't ready. Sometimes guys need to learn in the minors, sometimes in the majors. He had 2 shots already at the MLB level, this time it was time to do it in AAA.