It just makes no sense to me. They are basically telling me that no one on the current roster ahead of Bradley can provide league average production for two weeks in April. I find that very hard to believe. Another thing I can't understand is why they would want to give up a whole guaranteed season for those two weeks. Scott Boras is his agent. No one in their right mind should ever bank on being able to sort out an extension with any kind of Boras Agent. Especially when the player is as talented as almost everyone thinks he will be. Is it possible? Yes. But it would be the exception to the rule. And to me, to avoid all of that, I can wait two weeks.
Now if it goes past the deadline and we get into May and there is an obvious role for him and he doesn't get called up, I will be right there with the rest wondering "why isn't he up yet?"