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Ghost, I would love to see a Seager/Liddi 3B platoon.
In the 6 seasons where Guti has more than 97 PA's vR, he has never been a league average hitter against righties.  In '07 he OPS'ed (relative to the league vR) 97.  Other than that he has OPS'ed 74, 84, 88, 85 & 54.   Even if you discount last year, he is still well below the league average vR.  He slugged .429 in .07 vR, but other than that he hasn't been above .372....so he doesn't mash the ball either.
On the other hand, he does OPS 130 in relation to the league average against lefties.  He creams lefties.  Against lefties, his OBP is 50 points better and he slugs 100 points better.
He's the perfect definition of a perfect platoon player, if the M's have a capable CF who can hit righties.  I think that is Wells.
If I've done it correctly (which I may not have), based on career numbers, Gti creates 42 runs in 400 AB's vR, and Wells (smaller sample, I know) creates 63.
If correct, that's significant.  Does Guti save 20+ runs over Wells on defense?  I don't know.
I'm suspect we see a bunch of Guti early on (return on investment, I suppose).  I hope he's a bat vR. I'm just not betting much on it.
moe