Hicklen was apparently injured in the game on Sunday, May 26.
I’d think most posters on the minor league side were disappointed he wasn’t called up against all the Marlins’ lefties, potentially contributing to losing that series. You’d rather have him up facing a lefty than Miller, Wiemer, Perkins, Roller and perhaps even Monasterio and Chourio.
Facing 2 Cubs lefties in 4 days, we’d thought he might then get the call, but instead he landed on the IL. Bummer!!
He won’t likely get used in center field in the majors, so he’d likely only get starts if Chourio or Yelich rested a day. But his bat should be on the big league bench.
The other hindrance is that someone would need to be DFA’d off the 40-man roster for Hicklen to be added. That’s why struggling Roller even got a call-up before him.