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I'm not buying that Figgins inability to hit was simply because he can only hit if he bats #1.
Figgins was just bad.  Well, he's been just bad for two years.
But, he is still breathing, and we still owe him a whole big million bunch of clams unless we can find some sucker....er, sharp GM who recognizes that he's about to hit again.
Ergo, he's in the picture.  We're not writing off the clams and we're not finding a sucker.....er, taker.  You guys know my take on Figgins:  Since, 2006 he's had one year with a BABIP of a gazillion and one year where his walks were nearly 40% higher than he's had in any other year in his career. He can not duplicate either.  They were total outliers.  He's only a so-so basestealer, and in his last 1000+ PA's he's had 37 extra-base hits. There is no Figgy bounce because he just isn't very good anymore.
But he's our 17 million clam man, so we're pretty much married to him. Ergo, because he's still breathing, he is (hypothetically) still in the hunt.
If Baker is saying that there is serious Z/Wedge thought that Figgins plays 3B and leads off then there is a bright side.  I would assume that means they think Seager is locked in the lineup....at SS. 
But Figgy ain't the 3B guy.  Safe bet.
moe