Doc wasn't up in arms about Kotchman being a bad choice for first ONLY because he lacked power. He was up in arms because...between the power drain and the relatively pedestrian OBP and the GIDPs and the basepath clogging and the ease teams would find defending against his grounders...he was going to be a bad overall hitter. He obviously does not think Ackley would be worse at the plate than Kotchman. I don't think that either. Maybe for a month he would. But I think Ackley would easily out-produce Kotchman by July if called up today...he'd do it by getting on base at a .370 clip, stealing some bags, staying out of the DP, covering the plate better, playing smallball better etc. He might not have as much pop as Kotchman, but he's quite clearly the more talented hitter.