Usually guys with a lot of HR’s also get their share of doubles.

To give him one last shot this year. We’re not learning anything by playing Gload every day.

Caveat: this is anecdata, resulting from randomly looking up various players during the Aviles and Gordon debates.

But I saw a lot of decent major leaguers repeat AA, then bounce through a half-season at AAA and to the majors. Sometimes, a player’s reason for repeating a level isn’t entirely “can’t handle it”. We see the obvious ones (i.e., stuck behind someone a level above them) pretty well because it’s obvious they were handling it. But we don’t always see the situations where someone makes a fundamental mechanical adjustment that works, or perhaps nagging injuries, or even attitude issues amid a lackluster season.

Which is to say, repeating is still and always will be a red flag, but at the same time it’s not a scarlet letter. The thing to do with Kila very likely IS to promote him, and see what happens. If he fails, he’s not a prospect period; if he rakes, wellllll…