After how they have handled Canario so far I am content with letting PCA stay in Iowa till their season is over. I get that the Cubs are in a pennant race so Ross is playing the guys that have been up all year. But if this is the mentality you are going to take with a top prospect while continuing to give Wisdom and Morel regular opportunities from a development standpoint its detrimental to take a hot bat from Iowa then tell him to sit a week. My guess is when Ross does finally use him it will be a pinch hit and you have probably set him up for failure in that spot by not seeing any live game action in a week now. He should have started 1 of the 2 DH games either in the field or at very least DH just to get those 1st game jitters out of the way.
Seen it too much this year when calling guys up, they said they were going to commit to Mervis then they still basically platooned him and he looked frustrated at the plate as a result. Saw him in Iowa last month and he looked confident and relaxed at the plate so not sure he's worth messing up again with a late callup if all he'll see are pinch hit opportunities. I mentioned Velazquez last not, he would be red hot at Iowa these past 2 years and would have a big game in Chicago then Ross would bench him the next day or so. He'd never get consistent at bats then get sent back down and get hot again. Now that he is with KC they brought him up and he's playing nearly everyday right now and while he isn't exactly on fire he's been a lot more productive with regular playing time it would appear.
If they want to shuffle any position players from Iowa may as well be guys like Jared Young, Bote, Higgins, heck Rios is still down there too or fringe 40 many guys like Slaughter, Strumpf, and Perlaza. I don't see a benefit of calling up any guys that might have a regular role in 2024 at this point if this is the way Ross is going to use them as its better for their development to finish out the season in Iowa IMG.
