A few thoughts...
1) Delauter had less than 250 pro at bats going into this year, only 28 in AA. He did play at three levels. No way he should have started in Columbus.
2) This org is very good at communicating, and Delauter knew that he was gonna begin the year in Akron before ST began. He even said so himself in an interview. If he would have been so disappointed that it somehow effected his performance, he would be a head case that we dont want.
3) It was media hype and the usual fan over expectation that led to speculation that Delauter would begin the season in Cleveland, which led to further speculation that he'd be stashed in Columbus for a month or so. It wasn't ever the plan for the org, no matter what he did in ST, because the FO isn't that stupid. (Remember the story of Bieber being hidden from Tito, so that he couldn't advocate for starting Biebs in the rotation.)
4) I guess that unless a teenager rips 500 ft dingers into the stands, they get labeled as not having power, ala Manzardo. But Manzardo has much higher ISOs than Naylor did in the minors, and keeps hitting home runs...and doubles.
Over the last two years, Manzardo has an XBH about every seven at bats. He's on the same pace this year. To illustrate how remarkable that is...
Nails career number is approximately one every 10. JRams is one every 8.7. JRams greatest season was arguably 2018, in which his was about one every 7.
Manzardo has no power like Jose has no power.
I'm not saying that Manzardo is gonna be Jose or Nails, but you get the idea.
5) The common expectation (I know it was mine.) was that Manzardo would be in Cleveland by Memorial Day. I'm not so sure now. The team is doing well. The home grown kids that the FO wanted to get a look at have done nothing yet that would make the FO give up on them. Plus, Manzardos defensive limitation means he isnt getting swapped in for, say, Rocchio or Freeman. At the moment he would be a roster downgrade from Fry.
When Manzardo gets here he is gonna get regular at bats, which means Vogts lineup flexibility, which is working so well, will be severely lessened.
If things go as they are, we may not see him until close to, or after, the break.