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He'll be in the bigs soon.
Mike Stanton had 1400 plate appearances in the minors (starting as a teen, granted), Starlin Castro had 1100, Buster Posey had 750.
Ackley's had 650.
He was pulling the ball too much to start the year, he said, and just started using the whole field.  Dustin's a guy who noodles with his swing to start the year and then gets in a groove, it seems.  Let him get in that groove and then they'll bring him up. 
Bringing him up when his plate approach will hamper him is not going to help him, or us.
We're just passing the service time requirement now.  The next deadline is late May/early June for Super-2 status and lessening the money he could win in arbitration.  The easy solution there is to buy him out of arbitration...or just pay him.
I don't think we're gonna have that Super-2 deadline as a crucial one.  Whenever we feel he's ready, he's gonna be here.  Give him a couple of hot weeks at the plate and he'll be slipping on a teal jersey.
If he keeps going 1-for-5, then he might not get that callup til June after all, but either way he'll be here soon.
~G