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Dave Cash played 2B, Richie Hebner played 3B.
Ted Sizemore played 2B, Joe Torre played 3B.
Glenn Beckert played 2B, Ron Santo played 3B.
I grew up in that world, too, Doc.
Thusly, I've been saying for quite a while that it wouldn't surprise me if Nick Franklin played 3B for the M's next year, beginning sometime in June.
Check out League Championship teams.  They almost all have 5 guys with at least 40 extra-base hits.  You can win with one bonker if you have 5 more guys with 35 doubles and 10 homers. If Seager is a 40 double guy, he's enough of a power guy to hold his own at 3B.
In '75 George Brett had 35-13-11 xb hits.  WAY good enough (.308 average).  In '76 he had 34-14-7.  WAY good enough (he only hit .333).
Give Seager 600 PA's and he may well be a 35-0-10 guy.  That is good enough to play 3B.
Franklin may be better, however.
IF, next year, you have the 3rd-5th spots in the lineup producing like Ackley-Carp-Smoak have indicated they will, then a .288-.339-.413 Seager (his #'s going into tonight), with 35 doubles is a very nice addition.
Chipper Jones (or C. Jones-lite/Nick Franklin?) would be nicer, of course, as would M. Schmidt.  But if the big three produce and Ichiro bounces AND you get 120OPS from Wells or Trayvon (or Peguero or Saunders or Guti or Willy Mo) the Seager a 113 OPS+ Seager is worthy of a man crush.
If...of course.  But you get my drift.
Minus a rebounding Ichiro and a productive Casper/Trayvon/etc then Seager better muscle up.
Sandoval hit 13 homers for the Giants last year.  He had 50 xbase hits, however.  WAY good enough.
 
moe