Do you seriously think Matt Holliday feelings (I agree I read nothing into his comments) factor into their decision making? I don’t. And BTW, I bet Norby and Stowers’ pops are equally if not more perturbed lol.
I think the whole things is so completely simple that it’s hard to comprehend.
They waited until the absolute last minute to get him AAA experience. It’s not about the sample size, it’s about the hard date. Bringing him up to start the season would have been the easy thing to do. They made a hard (non-emotional) decision to keep him down until the absolute last minute they had to. They took flack from all kinds of people, they could have put him on opening day roster easily, and avoided that, but thought that was the optimal path. The kid is good and has a very legit chance at ROY.