Cabbage thanks for the reply His college coaches placed him, and given the talk he had with the HC I'd assume they thought there was a understanding as to position etc.
I guess I assumed playing time would be more evenly distributed to start then becoming more merit based. As to the "hang in there" and BA doesn't matter. Like I said, I didn't want this to become a "it's not fair" thing. Just surprised at the obvious favoritism being displayed. And for context, with a good number of AB's now the kid sits at .500 with a .750 OBP. The center fielder is .186 and .320 and the kid he shares time with at right is .000 and .111.