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I'm higher on Seager than Wells or Trayvon, too, certainly for his floor.  He'll be in the league for a decade as a non-SS Bloomquist who can take a walk, minimum.
But if he doesn't work out as a full-time starter at 3B we have Catricala, Liddi, Martinez, Triunfel, the just-drafted Proscia, and potentially either Brad Miller or Nick Franklin should either man sieze the SS role.
How many more 3B prospects would you like to see in one org?  Catricala's glove is bad, but he's obliterated A+ and AA this year.  Everything you'd want to see from an offensive standpoint has been shown, it's just a matter of seeing it again in AAA and deciding where you want to play the 3B/1B/LF.
Liddi has been at AAA all year at 22, has  improved his D (to the point that he's not embarrassing himself at SHORTSTOP in 2 dozen games this year), and is thiiis close to a 30 2B/ 30 HR season for the Rainiers.  I don't see how he's any worse than Matt Dominguez as a prospect, despite his ridiculous # of strikeouts still.
Triunfel has been acceptable, Proscia in brief action is hitting well even if he hates walks, Martinez is...toolsy, Nick Franklin has had a rough year but not at the plate...
And as a 3B I still like Seager as much as any of em long-term.  If Howie Kendrick had to play 3B for me would that make me unhappy?  Not if Chase Utley was playing 2nd, no way.  And prime Howie Kendrick might surprise, after all...
In a vacuum, I don't want to have to find a power-hitting 2B like Boone's roiding years to compensate for a lack of HR power at a corner position.  But this isn't a vacuum - we already HAVE found a great offensive 2B, we don't have to locate one.  If no power-hitting 3B can be found, I'd rather add the thump at 1B, DH, LF and RF anyway.  Hopefully Carp and Smoak can take care of two of those spots, leaving us two to fill.
If filling one of those spots requires moving Carp to 3rd...well that's an interesting solution.  I think it far more likely if Smoak is at 1B and we get a FA DH that Carp goes to the OF.
That solution wouldn't anger me in the slightest because again, Trayvon and Wells, especially on corners, make me nervous. I think either in CF is a better solution - one has the better arm, the other the better wheels, but that would require Gutierrez departing.  We'll see if that happens.
Replacing Seager is a few steps down my list of current needs, especially with the guys currently in the system who might be taking their own shot in a year or two at the hot corner.
Unless it's to add an absolute stud - then I'm absolutely game. 
~G