out of random curiosity, for what position? Off the top, he's played 3 spots this year, right? Or do you bring him up and move him around to different spots to get him the AB's? It's been nice to see the discipline tick up. Personally, I'd give him a few more months before calling him up. Beyond the obvious reasons (buys time to see if some of the spare parts veterans can it going to trade them, gives us time to see if his improved discipline holds, gets him extra work in CF), I like the idea of keeping him in AAA a bit longer because it should give him some occasional chances at short, and I still wonder if there's a pie-in-the-sky chance a team might get a hard-on for Alcantara as a shortstop and gives us a great deal to get him (akin to the Did Gregorius trade). Unlikely, but as there's no rush, it's something to store in the back of the mind. That said, as well as he's played, they may just consider him a key part of the future as a top of the order bat. I still have my doubts about the approach holding up in the bigs as a top of the order bat, but if it works, it's great (particularly the CF experiment, as that keeps 2nd open for Bruno if he makes it up, or Baez). 2B mostly and some OF time