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He doesn't always have a terrific attitude on the field.  When you have Manny Ramirez kinds of talent, maybe you don't have to.  I would sign off on taking a bet on Hanley, seeing what he can do for us.  The difference between Hanley and Kemp is that Hanley doesn't cost us as many prospects.
OTOH, maybe we need to clear out some prospects.  Personally, I'm okay with bursting at the seams and keeping the absolute best of whomever rises to the top.
But yes, Hanley can play for me.  It's harder for him to fit with us since with Seager and Cano here, he can't exactly slide down the defensive scale to get off of SS without either an OF shift or and DH trip (and as Matt has said and I agree with, not everybody can DH - it ain't that easy).
But man would that bat be welcome.  And maybe Cano could infect him with some of that utter professionalism.
I'd be on board with Bautista too - my plan for last off-season was to trade Paxton for Bautista.  We'd have made the playoffs if we'd done that.  Hopefully it wouldn't take Paxton to get Bautista this time around, cuz if so I doubt that deal is happening. ;)